Jazz Vocal Performance

Famous quotes containing the words jazz, vocal and/or performance:

    “The further jazz moves away from the stark blue continuum and the collective realities of Afro-American and American life, the more it moves into academic concert-hall lifelessness, which can be replicated by any middle class showing off its music lessons.”
    —Imamu Amiri Baraka (b. 1934)

    “If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I’d have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn’t enjoy spending it.”
    —Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)

    “Still be kind,
    And eke out our performance with your mind.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)