Band Quote by Dianne Reeves

I always wanted to sing a jazz record.

— Jeffrey Osborne

Well, I was in a band. I was the singer with a band called the Soul Satisfiers. I sang then quite a bit of…

— Gloria Gaynor

There were so many specific things from high school jazz band that I remembered: the conductor searching out people who were out of tune,…

— Damien Chazelle

I listened to classical music. I listened to jazz. I listened to everything. And I started becoming interested in the sounds of jazz. And…

— Charlie Haden

I'd actually been making my living as an organist with bands since I was probably 15 or 16 years old, and then as a…

— Bobby McFerrin

I wanted to be a jazz musician.

— Ron Cephas Jones

My mother was a jazz fanatic and she wanted me to play the piano so I could play jazz tunes. I wish I had…

— Etta James

I actually wanted to be a jazz musician first. My grandparents introduced me to Louis Armstrong. I loved Louis Armstrong so I took up…

— Douglas Booth

People recommended that I didn't sing at the school as a jazz major. So I sang and produced on my own time, but I…

— Dennis Lloyd

I was in band all the way through high school, and I played in jazz competitions all across Iowa.

— Joey Jordison

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

— Wyclef Jean

I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background.

— Rickie Lee Jones