As much as I think John Coltrane belongs on the list, I think without Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young, both of whom… — Herbie Mann Copy Share Image
I'd been studying the microphone for a dozen years, and I suddenly saw what I'd been doing wrong. I'd been singing too… — Marvin Gaye Copy Share Image
We were all influenced by Lester [Young]. Listen to the records that he made with [Count] Basie. Nobody's got what he's got.… — Zoot Sims Copy Share Image
“The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some… — J. J. Johnson Copy Share Image
I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a… — Count Basie Copy Share Image
I used to live at the Cecil Hotel, which was next door to Minton's [Playhouse]. We used to jam just about every… — Ben Webster Copy Share Image
When I was 16 or 17 I heard the Count Basie band with Jo Jones and Lester Young and Herschel Evans and… — Illinois Jacquet Copy Share Image
The amazing thing about Sweets [Edison] was that he exactly spoke the way that he played! He was really unique, the one… — Ray Brown 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
“In an artistic sense, cool came to refer to someone with a signature artistic style so integral as to exude an authentic… — Joel Dinerstein Copy Share Image
I think as long as people are around and can hear a record and hear people like Lester Young on a recording,… — Sonny Rollins Copy Share Image
I grew up with all these old jazz guys in the '70s in L.A., and they grew up idolizing Charlie Parker, Charles… — Flea Copy Share Image
I listened to classical music. I listened to jazz. I listened to everything. And I started becoming interested in the sounds of… — Charlie Haden Copy Share Image
In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal. — Lee Konitz Copy Share Image
I, myself, came to enjoy the players who didn't only just swing but who invented new rhythmic patterns, along with new melodic… — Charles Mingus Copy Share Image
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