"My fears are that jazz will not manage to keep its relation to audiences and slowly become a music of the past."

Monika Herzig: Jazz On Earth

In 1987, the pedagogical institute in Weingarten,…

"Beat writing was to a certain extent influenced by Black music and speech patterns in the manner of its composition which could be compared to oral improvisation, a kind of lively street corner jive."

Pat Nolan: Nualláin Roadhouse Blues…

"Blues and Gospel are the roots of jazz. For jazz to be vital it must have its roots. Sometimes I now hear academic sounding 'jazz' with no roots. A technical exercise."

Charlie Miller: When the Saints go Marching In…

"A 'Bluesman' is someone who lives the life he sings about in his song. The audience feels and believes he has lived that life experience he is singing about."

Douglas A. Yeager: Harmony of Culture…

"I think jazz and blues will be combined with new musical elements to create a new music."

Tom "Bones" Malone: Sliding The Wind

Tom "Bones" Malone is a multitalented jazz musician, arranger and…

"The jazz and blues culture speaks to the world through the American experience that created it. Our gift to the world. America’s on going poem to the universe."

Alexis Rhone Fancher: Poetic Rhythms…

"Basically jazz is an extension from the blues. In my opinion, you can’t play jazz until you dig deep into the blues. "

Johnny Altenburgh: Shake like the old times

Johnny & The MoTones started in…

"If the music is good then it doesn’t really make any difference what kind it is."

Larry Delinger: Music Is A Zen Koan

Larry Delinger is one of the premier composers…

"Jazz is a musical language and as language the purpose of the expression of the human being."

Iván Sáez: Habla con Jazz

Iván Sáez Vigalondo was born in Burgos, Spain. He started…

"The music of Miles Davis has taught me a LOT about poetry. Listening to Miles Davis has taught me to respect the intelligence of my audience. It’s taught me to respect the silence."

John Yamrus: Say what you got to say, and get out of the way…

"Blues and jazz can and does exist today as deep feelings and sadness for inspiration never changes...We can all relate to situations that create the feeling of loss, loneliness and emptiness at different times in our lives..."

Merryl Jaye: Melodic Colors…

"When poetry and music come into being the spirit is free, released, out of it's daily prison."

David Budbill:

Rhythmic…

"Bukowski’s writing emerged from experiences similar to those of the blues musicians: work, hunger, intoxication, sex, exhaustion, sadness, loss, despair, resignation, and sometimes, for a while, the illusion of success."

Gerald Locklin:  The affirmation of the male…

"They all have exposed me to the jazz life—the ups and downs."

Marc Myers: Culture of Jazzology

Marc Myers is a journalist, author, and historian, and a regular contributor to the Wall Street…

The philosophy of the blues? As one musician said, "The blues ain't nothin' but the truth."

Willard Manus: Under the Aegean Sun

Willard Manus is a Los Angeles-based novelist, playwright, and journalist. His best…

"We have to understand the history of Jazz-music, it's American music and we Europeans shouldn't be so ignorant and forget it all the time, without the blues, the swing and be-bop I wouldn't be able to do what I try to do."

Peter Brötzmann: Walking in…

"As long as there is human life on the planet there will be blues & jazz."

Mark Weber: Jazz For Mostly

Mark Weber was born October 21, 1953 in Covina, California. His family came to West coast from Kansas in 1940 as part of the…

"Believe in yourself and pursue your goals with passion and determination."

A Tribute to Jeff Healey :

Can you see the light of love shinin' from my…

“They all have their roots in Africa.  Just cultural that’s all. Music is Music.” 

BRUNI Sablan: Mama Africa

Bruni Sablan was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil circa the…

R.I.P Claude Nobs

Claude Nobs, who founded the world-renowned Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, has died after a skiing accident.

The 76-year-old…