George Gershwin: Jazz

George Gershwin was American composer and pianist. Explore interesting quotes on jazz.
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“Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.”

George Gershwin

"The Relation of Jazz to American Music", in Henry Cowell (ed.) American Composers on American Music (1933); reprinted in Gregory R. Suriano (ed.) Gershwin in His Time (New York: Gramercy, 1998) p. 97.

People , Music , Feeling

“When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.”

George Gershwin

Page 387
The Composer in the Machine Age (1933)

Falseness , Country

“An entire composition written in jazz could not live.”

George Gershwin

Page 388
The Composer in the Machine Age (1933)