Jazz Vocal Performance

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

    “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)

    “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)

    “Kind are her answers,
    But her performance keeps no day;
    Breaks time, as dancers,
    From their own music when they stray.”
    —Thomas Campion (1567–1620)