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I'm thrilled when I hear the greatest jazz musicians. They continue to search in ways other musicians do not.

Jazz is the folk music of the machine age.

Jazz music creates so many phenomenal figures.

I think John Williams, him and his team, have been incredible orchestrators. By that, I mean how he chooses which instrument plays which note.

Bill Evans is a real serious jazz pianist who, in my book, crossed over boundaries in terms of color. He used the piano as his canvas.

There's so much spirit of integration and democracy in jazz.

I learned from my uncle that jazz, like symphony music, was built to last.

The first thing is, jazz is one of the few things to let you know that there is a God and there is a creation.

For me, jazz will always be the soundtrack of the civil rights movement.

Ellington is a writer and arranger, as well as a musician and leader. He does movie sound tracks.