#big band

With my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump. ↗

— Louis Jordan

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Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents. ↗

— Norman Granz

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I always told the people at Cal Arts that if they wanted me to do Jazz studies, first of all, there couldn't be a big band within 500 miles and that I could do what I wanted to do. And they said I could. ↗

— Charlie Haden

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I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen. ↗

— Moira Kelly

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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. You're dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle. ↗

— Quincy Jones

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I've always liked Frank Sinata and Big Band music. ↗

— George Strait

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My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old. ↗

— Jimmy Chamberlin

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Because usually in the past when I was in a big band, that was all I did. ↗

— Kathy Valentine

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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

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My mother was really into big band. It was played in the house all the time. ↗

— Suzy Bogguss

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