Band Quote by Gary Burton

I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz.

— Steve Lacy

My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I found more…

— Bill Crow

I was going to say is that I come from a rock background, but also I was super interested in jazz for a long…

— Jherek Bischoff

The first jazz pianist I heard was Thelonious Monk. My father was listening to an album of his called 'Monk's Dream' almost every day…

— Benny Green

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

I've played drums since I was 15. My sisters and I all played instruments. I kind of started with piano and then I actually…

— Miles Teller

Making you a pioneer only means one thing. You were around at the time.

— Red Buttons

My dad was all about music. He was a musician, leading a band when I was born. His band was active all through the…

— Chick Corea

I think I'm a pioneer. I'm an outspoken musical conceptual pioneer.

— Peaches

So I was always around music and my dad was in his own way a progressive jazzer, a big band jazzer guy.

— Billy Sherwood

Back in the day, being a young, inspired bass player, I started to gravitate toward jazz fusion. I almost would have called myself an…

— Robert Trujillo

At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened to jazz and classical music.

— Herbie Hancock