College Quote by Clark Terry Download Open image “Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.” — Clark Terry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare College Duke Ellington Dukes Graduate school Graduates Jazz Music Musical School
My father was a huge jazz fan, so I remember him playing Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughn, and Count Basie. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington. — David Amram Copy Share Image
I think it was Duke Ellington who once said that we're always most pleased with our current record. I mean, you have to assume… — George Shearing Copy Share Image
I wouldn't know absolutely everything I've been influenced by, but the first jazz I heard was Duke Ellington. — Melody Gardot Copy Share Image
So I'm a young boy in the 1940s growing up, seeing Ralph Bunche on a regular basis, seeing Duke Ellington on a regular basis.… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Bebop didn't have the humanity of Duke Ellington. It didn't have that recognizable thing. Bird and Diz were great, fantastic, challenging -- but that… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I think I just had it by osmosis: an appreciation of Duke Ellington before I really even knew who he was. — Brian Stokes Mitchell Copy Share Image
[Sweets Edison] was one of the greatest stylists in Jazz of all time. And on top of that, when you listen to him, you… — Clark Terry Copy Share Image
Well, I'm too old to pimp, and too young to die, so I'm just gonna keep playin' — Clark Terry Copy Share Image
I was very thrilled to witness the workby my ol' buddy Jim Widner whose expertise in the field of jazz education proved invaluable in… — Clark Terry Copy Share Image
I believe that regardless of how many people you've listened to or emulated over the years, your sound is you and what you really… — Clark Terry Copy Share Image
I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I do not believe in public shaming. I do believe that young adults go to college to learn things, and that this process will… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
Some people, you know, should just go to college and do what they do and have a great job and not worry about trying… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I was totally sober in college and really, really focused. I just took the time when other people might be partying and just made… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
In college we didn't pass block the way they do in the pros - they played the I-formation at Wisconsin. — Mike Webster Copy Share Image
Plant flowers in others' gardens and your life becomes a bouquet! Submitted by Lisa Letto, Coordinator, Nutrition Resource and Volunteer Centre, College of Pharmacy… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks. — Constance Baker Motley Copy Share Image
![“[Sweets Edison] was one of the greatest stylists in Jazz of all time. And on top of that, when you listen to him, you say 'yes, that's Sweets' and you automatically smile. This is really unique. He changed the way how to play this instrument.” quote by Clark Terry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/350/clark-terry-45807_all-time_sweets-edison-was-one-of-the-greatest-st_583353.jpg)
