Checks Quote by Jamie Cullum

Diana Krall knocks me out. I like jazz and I like her simple approach.

— Merle Haggard

Jazz doesn't have much to do with how I write songs, but I am a big fan. My favorites are Oscar Peterson, Ahmad Jamal,…

— Timothy B. Schmit

Adele's voice is incredible. Chet Baker also has one of my favorite voices of all time, and so does Joni Mitchell. And Frank Black.…

— Megan Boone

Lizz Wright, we call her lovingly 'Amazing Grace.' She has a folk and gospel kind of approach to the music, and she writes beautiful…

— Dianne Reeves

I've been listening to a lot of looped jazz stuff: Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius.

— Calum Hood

I've listened to Jazz since I was born and always knew I'd be a Jazz singer!

— Jane Monheit

One of my biggest musical influences is definitely Ella Fitzgerald as a vocalist.

— Elle Varner

Lizz Wright is my favourite singer. Her voice moves me and takes me to another place. She also grows her own food, and that…

— Laura Mvula

I love, you know, a lot of jazz, John Coltrane.

— Rakim

I look back at Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan, and especially Betty Carter, whom I admire the most, and I say, OK, they set…

— Dianne Reeves

The umbrella of jazz is so big and so wide . If you don't like saxophone, try a vocalist, if you don't like vocalists,…

— Gregory Porter

Miranda Lambert! She not only has amazing music, but she is an awesome role model for females and rescues lots of animals!

— Miranda Lambert