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Perfect for fans and those looking for motivation, our collection of Bigband Quotes will inspire and resonate with you. Bigband Quotes

Neil Peart

In 2007, I studied with Peter Erskine because I was doing a Buddy Rich tribute concert, and I wanted to take my big-band drumming up a level. I went over to Peter’s house with my sticks, feeling like a 13-year-old again.

– Neil Peart

John Tesh

When I was playing piano, it was like, ‘I’m going to write a song using all the white keys.’ My music director, who knew my jazz background, suggested I try big-band music, so we spent a year experimenting with it in concert, and the audience reaction was really good.

– John Tesh

John Scofield

When I write a tune – and it’s been like this for many years – I always hear in the back of my head some sort of vague, orchestrated, fully fleshed-out big-band version of the song with other parts going on.

– John Scofield

Illinois Jacquet

Their eagerness for the big-band music and their ability to grasp the essence of it made me realize that today’s generation has not been properly exposed to the big-band sound.

– Illinois Jacquet

Illinois Jacquet

The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It’s got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.

– Illinois Jacquet

Fab Moretti

We don’t have the big-band mentality. We never wanted to become a big band.

– Fab Moretti

Donovan

My father was a part of that generation, and my mother, too – the late-’30s, early-’40s big-band generation. Frank Sinatra, Art Blakey, Gene Krupa, Billie Holiday – all that stuff was in my background.

– Donovan

Anat Cohen

My initial training was on the keyboard – mainly the great American songbook. In junior high, during the day, I was a classical clarinetist, but after school, I played New Orleans jazz and big-band music.

– Anat Cohen

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