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Jazz Quotes

"I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is."

"I think I represent a more left-wing view of what jazz is."

Pat Metheny, American Musician

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"Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz."

"Most of what I listen to now is mainstream jazz from 1935 right up to and including early bebop and cool jazz."

Dave Van Ronk, American Musician

Jazz, Now, Right

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"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."

"I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz."

Pat Metheny, American Musician

Jazz, Principles, Worry

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"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."

"For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind."

Norman Granz, American Musician

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"I was exposed to jazz early on."

"I was exposed to jazz early on."

Mark White, American Musician

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"One of the things I like about jazz, kid, is I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?"

"One of the things I like about jazz, kid, is I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you?"

Bix Beiderbecke, American Musician

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"Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation."

"Personally, I think young musicians need to learn to play more than one style. Jazz can only enhance the classical side, and classical can only enhance the jazz. I started out playing classical, because you have to have that as a foundation."

Doc Severinsen, American Musician

Jazz, Musicians, Play, Style

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