Dukes Quote by Cannonball Adderley

You always come back to Duke Ellington - he's kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band descending to…

— Herbert

I wouldn't know absolutely everything I've been influenced by, but the first jazz I heard was Duke Ellington.

— Melody Gardot

Duke Ellington is my choice for many reasons. Nobody has written so many great pieces of music, which are everlasting, and he has made…

— Marian McPartland

I especially like Duke Ellington jazz, which is a little more... I lived in New York for a while. I lived in Harlem for…

— Charlie Day

I fell in love with jazz when I was 12 years old from listening to Duke Ellington and hearing a lot of jazz in…

— Steve Lacy

Do you think Duke Ellington didn't listen to Debussy? Louis Armstrong loved opera, did you know that? Name me a jazz pianist who wasn't…

— Dave Brubeck

The only element of jazz that I keep is improvisation.

— Jan Garbarek

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

— Dave Van Ronk

You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only built in…

— Cab Calloway

At least one day out of the year all musicans should just put their instruments down, and give thanks too Duke Ellington.

— Miles Davis

I'm a great jazz fan.

— Vidal Sassoon

I've been listening to a lot of looped jazz stuff: Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius.

— Calum Hood