Armstrong Quote by Mose Allison

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

My big influences are Joni Mitchell, and a lot of classical and Indian music, as well as Nina Simone and the personal blues and…

— Yael Naim

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

— Melody Gardot

Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all.

— Esperanza Spalding

There's a jazz influence in my music in general.

— Alexandre Desplat

I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.

— Wyclef Jean

I'm very influenced by jazz drummers. I always liked drummers like Roger Taylor, Keith Moon, Ian Paice, John Densmore. I just learned from playing…

— Steven Adler

I guess my biggest influence was actually my Grandfather. He used to play old records on vinyl, and would play old jazz and soul…

— Ella Henderson

I've been around jazz and jazz musicians most of my life.

— Kenneth Rexroth

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

— Thundercat

Ultimately, I'd say a lot of my vocal influences are jazz-based, people like Ella Fitzgerald, or Fred Astaire.

— Bill Ward

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

— Bob Iger