Dukes Quote by Toru Takemitsu

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

— Melody Gardot

A few years later, my Uncle David took me to the Earle Theatre to hear Duke Ellington.

— David Amram

I had some good teachers. One of the greatest teachers I've had is bluegrass music: going back and listening to Bill Monroe's music, the…

— Ricky Skaggs

Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns.

— Lawrence Welk

I was fortunate enough to take classes with Mel Powell at Yale University as well as a semester with Sam Adler at the Eastman…

— Barbara Harbach

I studied classical and jazz music and went to a music school.

— Hardwell

You always come back to Duke Ellington - he's kind of like the thread that holds everything together from the big band descending to…

— Herbert

I was trained in jazz, which I love.

— Jesse Andrews

Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in. When I…

— Dianne Reeves

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

— Clark Terry

You hear about the Duke Ellingtons, the Jimmie Luncefords, and the Fletcher Hendersons, but people sometimes forget that jazz was not only built in…

— Cab Calloway

I went to North Texas State, one of the great jazz schools. When I realized I wasn't going to be Miles Davis, I switched…

— Peter Weller