Contemporary Jazz Performance

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

    “A sort of war of revenge on the intellect is what, for some reason, thrives in the contemporary social atmosphere.”
    —Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)

    “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)

    “No performance is worth loss of geniality. ‘Tis a cruel price we pay for certain fancy goods called fine arts and philosophy.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)