Just figure out what you think jazz is, and then if it fits into that category, it's jazz, and if it doesn't, it isn't. It's no big deal.
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I think everybody has to kind of decide what the word 'jazz' means to them, and that's fine.
Jazz is like wine. When it is new, it is only for the experts, but when it gets older, everybody wants it.
When somebody uses a word as a genre distinction, all it really does is trigger certain experiences, or music, that somebody's been exposed to. But that's an individual thing; there's no sort of universal understanding of what jazz is.
Some people say that if you do anything other than a straight-ahead groove, that it's not jazz. But that kind of labeling is wrong. Music is what it is; if it sounds good, it sounds good.
Jazz really does try to include everything. It's always been popular music. But the wonderful thing about jazz is its willingness to take chances.
Well, jazz is to me, a complete lifestyle. It's bigger than a word. It's a much bigger force than just something that you can say. It's something that you have to feel. It's something that you have to live.
The beauty of jazz is that it's malleable. People are addressing it to suit their own personalities.
The point of jazz is, you do something and then you go on.
Jazz comes from our way of life, and because it's our national art form, it helps us to understand who we are.
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.