Big Bands Quotes
- Now I'm having the time of my life being on the road with one of the world's all-time great big bands, and performing with symphonies.… — Doc Severinsen
- One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to host late-night remotes… — Nick Clooney
- My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around me all the… — Meshell Ndegeocello
- If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big… — Quincy Jones
- I always loved all kinds of music. I would watch musicals a lot as a kid, on TV, watch the Fred Astaire movies. I'd watch… — Queen Latifah
- Rock and roll and swing never quite mixed. Rock and roll came in and just blew everything out of the water. Big bands were dead. — Brian Setzer
- My mother told me when I was a toddler and in the crib that they would have music playing, and the thing when I lit… — Robbie Robertson
- There was a period after my first solo album came out that about 50 per cent of my work was with symphonies and big bands.… — Toni Tennille
- We used to play the Savoy Ballroom, and we always had a boogie tune in the set. Bands like Tommy Dorsey used to do a… — Jay McShann