“It was to be the longest flight I had ever made in my young life and one of the most interesting. Having… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater Two Copy Share Image
When do you suppose the electric guitar was invented? If you thought the 1950s, you'd be wrong. If you can muster a… — Daniel Levitin 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
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
It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first… — Alvin Lee Copy Share Image
It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Gene Krupa was my big hero, and I used to play on my mother's flour cans and sugar cans with the kitchen… — Dick Dale Copy Share Image
Not everybody wanted a female to be the front face of a big band, you know... You had to be three times… — Dolores O'Riordan 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
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
“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
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
“When I was little, I listened to radio serials, read comic books and went to 'B' movies. When I got a little… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and… — Quincy Jones 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
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
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
Because usually in the past when I was in a big band, that was all I did. — Kathy Valentine Copy Share Image
The age of the rock star was coterminous with rock n' roll, which, in spite of all the promises made in some… — David Hepworth Copy Share Image
I like having a big band because it gives you more options. They can always not play and I can do the… — Samuel Ervin Beam 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
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
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
With a smaller setting, you have a lot more freedom and flexibility within a given moment, but not necessarily the velocity you… — Kurt Elling 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
