I like the power and versatility of a big band and how an orchestra can vary the dynamics from very loud to… — Kurt Elling Copy Share Image
My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the… — Chuck Mangione Copy Share Image
Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and… — Doc Severinsen Copy Share Image
I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records. — Billy Sherwood Copy Share Image
Then I left that school and I went to Cerritos College, which was in southern California; they had one of the best… — Bobby McFerrin Copy Share Image
The great thing about rock-n-roll is you realize the top of the mountain is big enough for more than one band. — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band,… — Illinois Jacquet Copy Share Image
“Rock and roll, big band, the blues. He loved them all. He would close his eyes and with a blissful smile begin… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“Invited to think of the futuristic, we will still come up with something like the music of Kraftwerk, even though this is… — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
When I write a tune - and it's been like this for many years - I always hear in the back of… — John Scofield Copy Share Image
[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with… — Ray Brown Copy Share Image
The '60s was a magical time in the music business. So much creativity and talent. I think a lot of it came… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around… — Meshell Ndegeocello Copy Share Image
A few Disney TV composers had me pinch-hit writing some scoring cues to picture. Disney tapped me to be the composer for… — Danny Jacob Copy Share Image
I enjoy playing with a big band occasionally, but it's too restricting; you really don't have a chance to stretch out and… — Art Pepper Copy Share Image
The first trip was with my high school band and the second was a graduation gift to me and a few other… — Marion Meadows Copy Share Image
Rock 'n' roll accepted me and paid me, even though I loved the big bands... I went that way because I wanted… — Chuck Berry Copy Share Image
I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have from… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
When The Murderdolls started it was a really cool thing, especially for me because I had never done anything on that scale… — Wednesday 13 Copy Share Image
I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire… — Queen Latifah Copy Share Image
It is really refreshing to hear a big band that has the ability to execute ensemble passages with swing and precision while… — John Patitucci Copy Share Image
Something happened in the nineties. There was a shift. I don't want to blame it on grunge or the rise of indie… — Brandon Flowers Copy Share Image
Sometimes I would go on Sundays and play with Doc Cheatham. I was also playing in a band of teenagers led by… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
In my day, when I was a young kid, army duty was compulsory in South Africa or you go to jail. I… — Trevor Rabin Copy Share Image
When I was playing piano, it was like, 'I'm going to write a song using all the white keys.' My music director,… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
I mean, I don't think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers… — Diana Krall Copy Share Image
One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
At Carnegie Hall the Preservation Hall Jazz Band showed how easily it could hop from era to era. It could work like… — Jon Pareles Copy Share Image
My mother told me when I was a toddler and in the crib that they would have music playing, and the thing… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
My mother did play classical piano, not that well. And actually, my father sang with the big bands - he sang with… — Toni Tennille Copy Share Image
I really love Dinah Washington and anything live from her - she had some of the greatest jazz musicians in the whole… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to… — Nick Clooney Copy Share Image
When I first set up my big band, I only had Gilson Lavis, the drummer from Squeeze, with me. He was the… — Jools Holland Copy Share Image
You don't accidentally turn into a big band. Not even Nirvana accidentally turned into a big band. They toured - they wanted… — Tobias Forge Copy Share Image
As far as drummers are concerned, when I was a child growing up I was really attracted to artists like Gene Kupra… — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
With my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump. — Louis Jordan Copy Share Image
So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy. — Billy Sherwood Copy Share Image
It is not very practical in today's world when you tour all over the place having a big band. — Andy Summers Copy Share Image
![“[Thelonious] Monk is a subject in itself. I mean, most piano players in most big bands sit down and they play with the band, you know. But Monk would just sit there like this. And all of a sudden there'd be a pause from all the trumpets and everything and Monk would go 'plink!' like that. And…” quote by Ray Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7bc/ray-brown-34220_band_thelonious-monk-is-a-subject-in-itself-i_125504.jpg)
