#jaz

I, of course, wanted to play real jazz. When we played pop tunes, and naturally we had to, I wanted those pops to kick! Not loud and fast, understand, but smoothly and with a definite punch. ↗

— Count Basie

#definite #fast #had #i #jazz

One of the things I like about jazz, kid, is I don't know what's going to happen next. Do you? ↗

— Bix Beiderbecke

#going #happen #i #jazz #kid

I stayed with them for about a year up there and, at night, worked over in Long Island at a club called The High Hat Club which was like a pseudo jazz / blues place. ↗

— William Bell

#blues #called #club #hat #high

As my career has progressed, I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest jazz cats on the planet. But that doesn't change my desire to entertain folks. That's really who I am. ↗

— George Benson

#career #cats #change #desire #entertain

Blues and jazz pulled me away from what was left of my family. ↗

— Alexis Korner

#blues #family #jazz #left #me

I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend's driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates. ↗

— Frank Black

#classical #driving #girlfriend #hall #i

I've been invited to do a trio with a fantastic jazz guitarist and a harmonica player. ↗

— Karen Black

#fantastic #guitarist #harmonica #i #invited

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#been #european #expressionism #i #i think

I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#great #guitarist #i #i can #jazz

I've been saying for almost 20 years that I need to do a jazz project and it ought to be either big band or I should do some jazz songs with a trio or quartet. ↗

— Al Jarreau

#band #been #big #big band #either