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
“The creation myths of the various peoples and religions of the world pale when compared to the glory of the big band.… — Cixin Liu Copy Share Image
I was actually going to work at Tokyo Disney. I thought, 'I'll work in the family!' That was my postgraduate plan. I… — Sasheer Zamata 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
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
My sister loved country music. My mother loved Spanish music. And my dad was into big band music and jazz. — Hope Sandoval Copy Share Image
We don't have the big-band mentality. We never wanted to become a big band. — Fab Moretti Copy Share Image
I learned all about big band arrangement and symphony arrangement and writing for strings. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
You always come back to Duke Ellington - he's kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band… — Herbert Copy Share Image
Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now… — Norman Granz Copy Share Image
[Manhattan School Of Music] didn't' have a jazz undergraduate program at the time so I played a semester in the big band.… — Jon Gordon Copy Share Image
There's sort of an open offer to work with a guy in Los Angeles who does big band and orchestra arrangements who… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
People always - when you rise, whenever you're getting to a point where you're a very big band, which is a very… — Adam Levine Copy Share Image
I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
We became a band that was kind of a big band, kind of a band that quite uncool people listen to, people… — Torquil Campbell Copy Share Image
I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock… — Moira Kelly Copy Share Image
I started out playing big bands shows and different things. I was with several different small bands and groups, doing comedy and… — Hal Blaine Copy Share Image
When 'American Slang' came out, everyone was like, 'This is the next big band in the world, and this is blah blah… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
Bacharach has such a brilliant ear for melody and his music has a completely timeless feel to it; I thought it would… — Michael Ball Copy Share Image
We want to be original. To express our most interesting stuff. But you don't see the word "original" come up very often… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I used to listen to my Emerson radio late at night under the covers. I started by… — Frankie Valli Copy Share Image
I knew I wanted to be an actor for a long time, but I was based out of Chicago and then I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Big band music, to me, it really has three key elements. First is the lyrics are really sweet, and they're just really… — John Tesh Copy Share Image
If the song was upbeat, we'd get out a funky Harry Connick, Jr. album, some Louis Prima big band, or a Bob… — Bart Millard Copy Share Image
I love jazz. So to me, there are two main types of jazz. There's dancing jazz, and then there's listening jazz. Listening… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
It is a great pleasure to be performing with a big band. Those people took part in a group that played the… — Vlatko Stefanovski Copy Share Image
“One of the sturdiest precepts of the study of human delusion is that every golden age is either past or in the… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
When I did the album for 'When Harry Met Sally,' I found myself out there in front of this big band, which… — Harry Connick, Jr Copy Share Image
You don't get anything easy when you come from a big band and you go and start another one. You learn real… — Vinnie Paul Copy Share Image
Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying,… — Brian Setzer Copy Share Image
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