The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time. — Mose Allison Copy Share Image
“The static’s nice. I could do without the screeching.” “Are you kidding? That’s the music of the spheres, commissar. It’s beautiful .… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
Marijuana is a useful catalyst for specific optical and aural aesthetic perceptions. I apprehended the structure of certain pieces of jazz and… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
I've been working on something, just some jazz, relaxed stuff. It will be standard, just piano and voice. It started out as… — Justin Guarini Copy Share Image
I started to listen to Japanese jazz musicians when I went to high school. Some people I listened to were Yosuke Yamashita,… — Hiromi Copy Share Image
I belonged to the Columbia Record Club, and that's where my records came from. For some reason, I was in the 'jazz'… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
“Almost immediately after jazz musicians arrived in Paris, they began to gather in two of the city’s most important creative neighborhoods: Montmartre… — Jeffrey H. Jackson Copy Share Image
I studied jazz in college. I studied music history, and I have a degree in music engineering. — Lari White Copy Share Image
To me, nostalgia is nothing more than a mindless plundering of the past for the commonplace. — Mel Torme Copy Share Image
Good jazz has been a big part of my life as far as my interest in music, and... It's kind of weird… — Larry Gagosian Copy Share Image
Remember that a book is many drafts - mine certainly are. It's improvisation. It's as much jazz and the way we talk… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
It's a weird thing where, especially in jazz, you have to totally mention cutting sessions and people one-upping each other and people… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests… — Jeffrey Wright Copy Share Image
I listened to Buddy Rich a lot, and also to guys like Clive Bunker, the original drummer from Jethro Tull. All these… — Marky Ramone Copy Share Image
Most of the musicians that I'm playing with now have jazz backgrounds, so they're comfortable with improvisation. And they all know to… — Larkin Grimm Copy Share Image
“Twist a tongue, and tongue a twist how many twists can a tongue twister twist around their twisting tongue. If a tongue… — Jazz Feylynn Copy Share Image
Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
Comedy is the drug, when they laugh it's like I'm a jazz musician and they hear it, and they get it. It's… — Alonzo Bodden Copy Share Image
To me I grew up watching 'All That Jazz' and 'Cabaret,' and when I was younger 'Mary Poppins',' The Sound Of Music,'… — Michael Gracey Copy Share Image
Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a… — Gloria Gaynor Copy Share Image
I was considered as a jazz man rather than as a blues player. There were no blues players-you played one sort of… — Alexis Korner Copy Share Image
