“My father was a jazz tenor sax player. He played in a lot of big bands. So I had that sound around me all the time. The first record that really caught my ear was Clifford Brown's 'Brownie Eyes.' I grew up listening to John Coltrane and Illinois Jacquet. This is where I come from... I love improvisational music.” FirstsBigsEyeFatherSoundRecordsPlayerListeningGrewBandGrew UpEarsJazzCaughtBrownIllinoisTenorsColtraneBrownies Author:Meshell Ndegeocello
“Father was an atheist; he had even joined the Skeleton Army - a club of men who went about in masks or black faces, with ribald placards and a brass band, to make war upon the Salvation Army.” MenWarFacesFatherBlackBandArmySalvationAtheistClubsMaskSkeletonsBrassSalvation ArmyBlack FaceBrass BandsRibald Author:A. E. Coppard
“I was 16 when I came to New York. I had graduated to a tenor banjo in the school jazz band, and it was kind of boring - just chords, chords, chords. Then my father took me to a mountain music and dance festival in Asheville, North Carolina, and there I saw relatively uneducated people playing great music by ear.” PeopleKindSchoolFatherSawsNew YorkBandMountainEarsJazzBoringFestivalsChordsGreat MusicCarolinaUneducatedNorth CarolinaTenorsMusic And DanceBanjosJazz BandAsheville Author:Pete Seeger
“I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.” TryingYearsFirstsUsedFatherBandTenMusicianJazzWestProductionsCoastWest CoastAnnieJazz Band Author:Molly Ringwald
“Struggling in my father's hands, Striving against my swaddling bands, Bound and weary, I thought best To sulk upon my mother's breast.” HandsMotherFatherStruggleBandStriveBoundsBreastsWeary Book:Complete writings: with variant readings Source: Complete writings: with variant readings
“My father shared the ethos of many of the beat writers and was a friend of Allen Ginsberg. Probably for 25 years of my father's life, He had been an itinerant piano player and so traveled the road with bands and that sort of thing.” YearsFatherPlayerBandBeatsPianoTraveledEthosGinsberg Author:Anne Waldman
“My earliest influences would definitely be my father, just seeing him play in different bands and going to his shows and going to the rehearsals. You know what I'm saying, it was the typical story of a son looking up to his dad. So the years that my father was around, my father was my biggest influence.” KnowsYearsDifferentPlayStoriesShowsFatherSeeingInfluenceSonDadBandTypicalRehearsal Author:Jon Connor
“When I was 16, I used to drive huge loads of laundry in a three ton truck. I would turn round at night to drive back and see the band in a place north of Toronto called Dunn's Pavilion. I would drive that truck all day and they drive back and all the way until one day I wrecked the truck. I fell asleep and wrecked it. I was OK and so was my helper. I called my dad and the first words out of his mouth were, "are you OK?" I was really lucky I had a kind father.” WayFirstsKindUsedNightTurnsThreeFatherHugeDadOne DayLuckyBandMouthsRoundsMy DadLoadTruckLaundryTorontoHelpers Author:Gordon Lightfoot
“It must be quite difficult if you have a father who's sort of known. On the other hand, you can get a job in his band.” IfsHandsJobsFatherDifficultKnownBand Author:Bryan Ferry
“I think some of my inspiration came from just being around music. My family was into music. My uncle had his own band and my father use to sing in my uncle's band. If you want to go to the music influences we could be here all day. That's everybody from Michael Jackson all the way up to people in the game now that inspire me.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantUseInspirationFatherGamesInfluenceInspireBandMy FamilyJust BeingUncles Author:Nelly
“My parents were into 40s big band stuff, and my father was a great dancer to that kind of thing. But rock 'n' roll? No. I wanted a guitar, but my mother didn't really want me to have one. At some point I played a violin, but I didn't last long at that.” WantKindLongBigsWantedLastsMotherFatherStuffParentRocksBandGuitarDancerWant MeRock N RollViolin Author:Mark Alan Stamaty
“Sometimes I would go on Sundays and play with Doc Cheatham. I was also playing in a band of teenagers led by Don Sickler called Young Sounds, and The McDonald's Big Band led by Rich De Rosa and Justin Di Cioccio. All those guys were great educators and musicians and taught me a lot! Simultaneous to all this, another one of my musical fathers came into my life, Eddie Locke.” SometimesPlayBigsYoungGuyFatherSoundRichTaughtGoes OnBandMusicianMusicalTeenagerSundayEducatorMcdonaldsJustinRosaSimultaneous Author:Jon Gordon