Backgrounds Quote by Rickie Lee Jones

I always wanted to sing a jazz record.

— Jeffrey Osborne

The way I was singing the songs was jazz

— Van Morrison

I wanted to put jazz on the record, all the loves of music that I had on the record, so I could show people…

— Brian McKnight

I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

— Rita Coolidge

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've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.

— Rita Coolidge

I'm not a jazz singer.

— Boz Scaggs

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

— Rita Coolidge

All the folks I play with come from jazz backgrounds or at least appreciate spontaneity within the parameters of a pop song.

— Andrew Bird

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

— Kenneth Rexroth

I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.

— Dave Van Ronk

Me as an artist, I've ventured off into doing all types of music. I'll do a jazz album, you know what I mean.

— Common