Contemporary Jazz Performance

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

“... contemporary black women felt they were asked to choose between a black movement that primarily served the interests of black male patriarchs and a women’s movement which primarily served the interests of racist white women.”
—bell hooks (b. c. 1955)

“Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children’s party taken over by the elders.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)

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