There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

There are wonderful things in real jazz, the talent for improvisation, the liveliness, the being at one with the audience.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Don't play what's there, play what's not there.

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.

Jazz will endure just as long people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.

The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age

I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds

I don't care too much about music. What I like is sounds

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate read more

By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

Jazz is not dead - it just smells funny

All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is read more

All a musician can do is to get closer to the sources of nature, and so feel that he is in communion with the natural laws.