Art Blakey Quotes

"Jazz is known all over the world as an American musical art form and that's it. No America, no jazz... it couldn't come from anyone but us. It couldn't come from Africans." - Art Blakey

Jon Hendricks Quotes

"Jazz is an art form that depends on its antecedents, there must be respect for the people that have gone before." - Jon Hendricks

Louis Armstrong Quotes

"The memory of things gone is important to a jazz musician. Things like old folks singing in the moonlight in the back yard on a hot night or something said long ago." - Louis Armstrong

Buddy Rich Quotes

"I consider every drummer that ever played before me an influence, in every way." - Buddy Rich

Branford Marsalis Quotes

"The lion's share of what I hear right now are people who, intentional or accidental, have avoided all jazz prior to 1960. And all the musicians who were successful in the '60s spent their entire lives, prior to 1960, listening to all the musicians these people avoid." - Branford Marsalis