Barbara Quote by Rita Coolidge

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

— Rita Coolidge

I always wanted to sing a jazz record.

— Jeffrey Osborne

When I started recording, I thought I'd be able to do all kinds of records: jazz, country, dance - and I've always wanted to…

— Tom Jones

I belonged to the Columbia Record Club, and that's where my records came from. For some reason, I was in the 'jazz' category. I…

— Leon Russell

I have tons of jazz records: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis. I could go on and on.

— Ted King

I wanted to do a really old-school record with young, hip musicians to give it just that fresh breath of air but really pay…

— Melissa Morgan

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 was 16 years old, and I was just flailing around, looking for an interest. I heard, you know, these jazz records. They were…

— Harvey Pekar

I put out a recording of me singing mostly jazz because I wanted people to know I'm coming from a jazz background.

— Rickie Lee Jones

I don't know if I have enough guts to do a whole standard jazz record.

— Gary Cherone

I wanted to make a jazz record. I didn't want it to be a standards record.

— Rita Coolidge

You know what I'd really like to do? I'd like to record some white Chicago jazz.

— Ahmet Ertegun