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Jazz Quotes

"Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue."

"Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue."

Mark White, American Musician

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"The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point."

"The iconoclastic mode, that specific mode of language, there is an element of it that it is punk - that is confrontational. That's just a part of the language of jazz - at a certain point."

Matthew Shipp, American Musician

Jazz, Language, Punk

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"I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey."

"I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey."

Rita Coolidge, American Musician

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"Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me."

"Jazz is not the format where I want to stay, but it really is a starting point for me."

Justin Guarini, American Musician

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"Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality."

"Jazz was more of a tool for me to use to enhance my musicality."

John Otto, American Musician

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"Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians."

"Today jazz is still very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians."

Toots Thielemans, Belgian Musician

Jazz, Musicians, Today

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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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