That's Jazz!
History of Jazz is a history of transformation, a journey across continents, a fusion of cultures.
Every artist has his very own definition for "Jazz" and its significance for himself.
Mutt Carey / 1891-1948 / New Orleans, Louisiana
«If you couldn't blow a man down with your horn, at least you could use it to hit him alongside the head»
Fred Böhler / Swing
«Jazz ist Urgewalt»
Mary Lou Williams / 1910 - 1981 / Atlanta, Georgia
«Jazz came out of suffering of the early Black slaves, of what they experienced here in America and what happened to them. It's the music that was created out of suffering»
Edward Duke Ellington / 1899 - 1974 / Washington D.C.
«It's becoming difficult to decide where jazz starts and where it stops - where the Tin Pan Alley or classic music begin. I feel there is no boundary line.»
Dizzy Gillespie / 1917 - 1993 / Cheraw, South Carolina
«Jazz is way this century sounds different than others»
Miles Davis / 1926 - 1991 / Alton, Illinois
«The history of jazz can be told in four words; Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker»
Barbara Dennerlein / 1964 - / München
«Jazz ist ein weites Feld und alles ist möglich. Er bedeutet Freiheit, Inspiration, Kreativität und Innovation ohne Schubladendenken - Musik, die Qualität hat und nicht eingeordnet werden muss...»
George Gruntz / 1932 - / Basel
«Wer nur von Jazz etwas versteht, der versteht nichts von Jazz»
