Dance Quote by Chuck Berry

It was by listening to Goodman's band, that I began to notice the guitarist Charlie Christian, who was one of the first musicians to…

— Alvin Lee

I grew up listening to Ravel, Debussy, Bartok and jazz like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Christian and Django Reinhart. It was…

— Allan Holdsworth

I don't know whether it was his (Charlie Christian's) melodic lines, his sound or his approach, but I hadn't heard anything like that before.…

— Wes Montgomery

Trey Spruance didn't want to tour for ages. And Dean Menta has always been our guitar-roadie during Angel Dust, and I remember him playing…

— Mike Patton

... I would urge a young player to listen to Charlie Christians' sense of time ... I'll never forget listening to my father (Bucky…

— John Pizzarelli

I had never heard anyone play like Benny Goodman and had never seen anyone like him on the stage. I realize now that what…

— Marian Seldes

I don't know any guitar player, any of the real greats, who don't rate Joni Mitchell up there with the best of them.

— Chrissie Hynde

I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note…

— Gary Burton

I remember the first time hearing a recording from Minton's Playhouse; it was Charlie Christian and a young Dizzy Gillespie, and he was just…

— Derek Trucks

I think Wes Montgomery is the greatest jazz guitarist that ever lived.

— Kevin Eubanks

My main electric guitar belonged to Clarence White, the great guitarist for the Byrds.

— Marty Stuart

... another guitar player who had a tremendous influence on my life was Howard Roberts ... I'd listened to a lot of Tal Farlow,…

— Jeff Baxter