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I was always very leery of my piano playing. As a young kid, I wanted to be a jazz musician, but my taste was far greater than my ability. Mike Stoller

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If I wasn't in the entertainment industry at all, I would be a miserable human being serving pancakes at Denny's. I'm also a singer, so maybe I'd be singing at dark jazz clubs in Brooklyn. Miranda Rae Mayo

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I was pretty much prepared because I was already playing in extremely good ways when I arrived from Europe because I played jazz four or five years before I arrived here. Miroslav Vitous

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So our ears got used to listening to jazz in the place that it was that the bass player could not play. No one really realized it and really addressed it until the bass players who could play their instrument came along and started doing something with it. Miroslav Vitous

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All the classic jazz players all sang and a lot of 'em sang blues. Mose Allison

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The jazz boom was goin' on then so there was a lot happenin' in New York at that time. Mose Allison

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I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist. Nat King Cole

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I would not describe myself as an avid jazz fan and I am not a jazz musician myself. However, that is not to say that jazz does not play a vital and important role in my life. Nat Wolff

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I have learned a lot from jazz. I compare good acting to jazz music. The more you study and prepare as an actor, the more equipped you are to live in the moment. Just like the gifted musicians in my dad's quartet, it takes a courageous actor to be free. Nat Wolff

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There is no blood in jazz drumming, and there are no bullies in jazz drumming. Neil Peart

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Rip Rig + Panic that I joined, they were really influenced by jazz and blues and punk. So I think what happened from punk, which was kind of DIY, was that it created a kind of creative place that was kind of without limits, in a way. Neneh Cherry

I went to Juilliard in New York and used to do cabarets just for fun. Occasionally, I would get together with a jazz musician and play at a restaurant for cash. And I've done some background vocals for recording artists. Nicole Beharie

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Both the nationalists and the communists disapproved of jazz and feared it. They thought it would weaken people's resolve to fight off the invasion. And most Americans know, China did ban all Western music for about 30 years, starting in 1949. This is where it started. Nicole Mones

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Bach was a top harmonist geezer, which is why the jazz cats love him. Nigel Kennedy

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So many people report to be contemporary dancers, and they're not. They are sort of jazz dancers that feel like they're throwing a bit of classical in there. I mean, a true contemporary dancer has got ballet as their base and classical ballet, and that is their base. And then they choose to extemporize on that and go into a contemporary world. Nigel Lythgoe

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I wasn't a trained Mickey Mouse club performer. I played in jazz clubs and restaurants. Norah Jones

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For years, Jazz At The Philharmonic albums were the only ones of their kind. Norman Granz

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I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan. Norman Granz

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I don't want to sound as if I'm doing something tremendously special. But I am a jazz fan. Norman Granz

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