Band Quote by Lena Horne

I've worked with a number of big bands, but there's nothing in life like the Basie band.

— Kurt Elling

And, well of course, Count Basie, and I think all of the black bands of the late thirties and early forties, bands with real…

— Buddy Rich

Count Basie was college, but Duke Ellington was graduate school.

— Clark Terry

“I started going to jazz clubs in New York when I was twelve or thirteen, first with my older cousins Mike and Jack, and…

— Donald Fagen

“There are more guys than girls in jazz. Next-to-no lady trumpeters (oh, there are a few) but it doesn't matter because, for me, jazz…

— Stasia Ward Kehoe

It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle

— Zakk Wylde

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

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

We're never lumped in as being an L.A. band in any kind of context.

— Russell Mael

I didn't know Charlie Parker well, but I spent some time with him, and he was articulate and well-spoken with a lot of curiosity…

— Benny Carter

My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man, I'm just a living legacy to the leader of the band.

— Dan Fogelberg

The thing with a band is it really is a marriage.

— Darren Hayes

One thing I know about Willie Hutch: my homie, [Big] Jerm, listens to nothing but Soul music, so he put me on to all…

— Mac Miller