Firsts Quote by Jon Gordon

[Manhattan School Of Music] didn't' have a jazz undergraduate program at the time so I played a semester in the big band. There was…

— Jon Gordon

I went to Manhattan Center High School.

— Cam'ron

Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.

— Jan Hammer

There used to be a club in new york called Bradley's - I've never been there, it closed in the 80's - but I…

— Jose James

Yeah, I grew up playing lots of jazz music in school.

— Danny Carey

And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.

— Travis Barker

I had to figure out how to survive in New York, and most of my time was occupied in getting an apartment and getting…

— Wynton Marsalis

I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City.

— Glenne Headly

Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in. When I…

— Dianne Reeves

I followed the Jazz as a kid.

— Shawn Bradley

Justin [Di Cioccio] was [at Laguardia School of Arts]. He later took over at Manhattan. But I knew Justin through the McDonald's band, which…

— Jon Gordon

I was totally into jazz in my teens.

— Andy Summers