Day Quote by Troy Carter

My brother had a big band in high school; after that we continued to play together, eventually forming a group called the Jazz Brothers,…

— Chuck Mangione

I thought I was going to be a rapper as a kid and used to hop the train down to Jazzy Jeff's studio for,…

— Troy Carter

I was with a group called the Nappy Headz. We had a song called Robbery it was like a redo of Khias My Neck,…

— T-Pain

My dad used to be a rapper, he had a rap group. They did proper old school, boom-bap music. He had a high top…

— AJ Tracey

I grew up in the '80s, and there was no bigger group than New Edition in R&B. I broke my piggy bank so me…

— Ruben Studdard

When I was about seventeen, I had a group called the Young Jazz Giants. We played all originals. When we would finish playing, people…

— Kamasi Washington

Me and my brothers decided to form a group called T.G.T. - Tyrese, Ginuwine and Tank.

— Ginuwine

I used to tell my friends, 'Art Blakey is way more gangster than Eazy-E!' I ended up getting my friends into jazz, and all…

— Kamasi Washington

I was in a lot of bands growing up.

— Jesse Andrews

I really enjoy going out with my jazz group. That's something that I don't ever want to stop doing.

— Dianne Reeves

We started off as a garage band who played a lot of rock 'n' roll.

— Steve Porcaro

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