It's Count Basie's birthday.

Aug 21, 2015 17:19

Have some quotes on jazz.

If you play a tune and a person don't tap their feet, don't play the tune.   - Count Basie, 1904 - 1984

Life is a lot like jazz ... it's best when you improvise.  - George Gershwin, 1898 - 1937

Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.  - Ornette Coleman, 1930 - 2015

Music is a journey. Jazz is getting lost.  - John O'Farrell

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.   - Benny Green, 1927 - 1998

Jazz is the music of the body.  - Anais Nin, 1903 - 1977

Count Basie's band playing April in Paris.

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