Contemporary Jazz Performance

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

    “Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?”
    —bell hooks (b. c. 1955)

    “It seems to me monstrous that anyone should believe that the jazz rhythm expresses America. Jazz rhythm expresses the primitive savage.”
    —Isadora Duncan (1878–1927)

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