Cannonballs Quote by Kenny G

My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

— Mose Allison

I wouldn't know absolutely everything I've been influenced by, but the first jazz I heard was Duke Ellington.

— Melody Gardot

My father was a huge jazz fan, so I remember him playing Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughn, and Count Basie.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

My dad is a big jazz fan, and that was the reason I first got into jazz.

— Damien Chazelle

For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and voice.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time…

— Walter Becker

Back in the day in my teens I was listening to Joe Pass and Wes Montgomery a lot; before that I was listening to…

— Larry Carlton

Leonard Bernstein was probably the most significant formative influence on me - he was such an encompassing musician. I spent my teenage years absorbing…

— Jason Robert Brown

I've grown up with jazz - the Joe Hendersons, Oliver Nelsons, Miles Davis and stuff - but I was also listening to, like, Slipknot,…

— Thundercat

I had always been a jazz fan - Django Reinhardt, Kenny Burrell, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass, the early George Benson. And I come from…

— Peter Frampton

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

— Calum Hood

If anybody was Mr. Jazz it was Louis Armstrong. He was the epitome of jazz and always will be. He is what I call…

— Duke Ellington