“I was in every band class I could get in, like after school jazz band and marching band, and that's where I really learned to read music from elementary all the way through junior high and high school.” WaySchoolClassBandHigh SchoolJazzJuniorsJunior HighAfter SchoolMarching BandJazz Band Author:Chad Smith
“In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different moves. Like windmills. I just started mixing martial arts with jazz and contemporary stuff and it would get mashed together and became my style.” TryingArtDifferentSchoolTogetherMovingStuffRoomsStyleHigh SchoolJazzContemporaryMartial ArtsWrestlingFlipMixingWindmillsLunchtime Author:Caity Lotz
“I shined off high school band, marching, jazz studies. At the time I was too cool for school, I had this professional gig and I was going home taking a shower and heading to downtown Hawaii, Waikiki.” HomeSchoolStudyBandHigh SchoolJazzShowersHawaiiGigsHeadingsDowntownGoing HomeToo CoolSchool BandWaikiki Author:Eric Hernandez
“I was teaching drum lessons at a few high schools - everything from marching to classical to rock and jazz. I found that really rewarding, having to explain my thought process, having to think about stuff that I take for granted or as second nature.” ThinkingSchoolFoundStuffProcessTeachingRocksLessonsHigh SchoolJazzGrantedMy ThoughtsThought Process Author:Glenn Kotche
“When I was in high school I made the discovery that if I was playing in a jazz club, and there were black people in the club, if I could get the black people to like what I was doing, I was on the right track. So I began to play to those people because they knew what the authentic music was. I've always had that in the back of my head.” PeopleIfsMadePlaySchoolBlackAudienceHigh SchoolDiscoveryJazzTrackClubsIf I CouldBlack PeopleRight Track Author:Paul Smoker
“My school music teacher, Al Bennest, introduced me to jazz by playing Louis Armstrong's record of "West End Blues" for me. I found more jazz on the radio, and began looking for records. My paper route money, and later, money I earned working after school in a print shop and a butcher shop went toward buying jazz records. I taught myself the alto saxophone and the drums in order to play in my high school dance band.” EndsPlaySchoolOrderFoundRecordsTeacherChildhoodTaughtBandPaperHigh SchoolJazzWestRadioBuyingShopsPrintAlsRoutesButchersSaxophoneArmstrongAfter SchoolMusic TeacherWest EndJazz Records Author:Bill Crow
“I started to listen to Japanese jazz musicians when I went to high school. Some people I listened to were Yosuke Yamashita, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Sadao Watanabe.” PeopleSchoolMusicianHigh SchoolJazzJazz MusicJazz Musician Author:Hiromi
“I was a jazz major in high school, in an all-jazz band. No matter what I do, it features my musical influences.” MatterSchoolInfluenceBandMajorsHigh SchoolNo Matter WhatJazzMusicalFeaturesJazz BandMusical Influence Author:Wyclef Jean
“Around middle school I studied jazz guitar and ended up playing in a jazz band for a bit. But, after high school, I haven't even touched a guitar.” SchoolBitsMiddleHavensBandHigh SchoolJazzGuitarTouchedMiddle SchoolAfter High SchoolJazz BandLife After High School Author:Mike Tucker
“In high school I was a jazz nerd, listened to a lot of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk and stuff like that. Maybe in Harry Pussy I was listening to more horn players.” SchoolStuffPlayerListeningHigh SchoolJazzNerdMonkHornsBudPussy Author:Bill Orcutt
“Music was not a big deal to me when I was in middle school. And then I slowly became a big jazz fan. Even more than concerts, a lot of my high school time was spent going to jazz clubs in the city.” BigsSchoolDealsCitiesFansMiddleHigh SchoolJazzClubsConcertsBig DealMiddle SchoolSchool Time Author:Nick Kroll
“By the latter part of high school, by the middle of junior year in high school, Jay Rodriguez played me some Irakere records that that Paquito [D'Rivera] was on. And he also played me and our friend, Curtis Haywood, some Phil Woods records. And when I heard Phil, I just about lost my mind. I was playing the Charlie Parker Omnibook as part of my lessons. This was the '80s. There was no YouTube and all that. And we had three or four jazz records at that point.” YearsMindSchoolThreeLostRecordsFourHeardMiddleLessonsHigh SchoolJazzWoodsLatter80sJuniorsYoutubeCharlieJunior YearLost My MindJazz Records Author:Jon Gordon
“Justin [Di Cioccio] was [at Laguardia School of Arts]. He later took over at Manhattan. But I knew Justin through the McDonald's band, which at the time I was finishing high school and starting college, I got involved with. I was not that heavily involved with the school at MSM my first year there. I took a semester off to start my 2nd year. Took classes I felt like taking during my third semester, but by the start of my third year, September of '86, they began the undergraduate jazz program and I joined that program.” YearsFirstsArtSchoolFeltClassCollegeInvolvedBandHigh SchoolProgramThirdsJazzStartingSeptemberFinishingManhattanMcdonaldsJustinUndergraduateSemester Author:Jon Gordon
“There are great jazz educators that I meet all the time. I met a guy named Paul Luchessi who has a high school jazz program in Fresno. And Bob Athayde who runs a junior high program in Lafayette, California. And man, we walked into these schools and Paul Luchessi said, "Jon is the composer of Paradox." A hundred or something kids started to applaud. "What? You guys know that? I'm so blown away.” KnowsMenSaidRunningKidsSchoolGuyMetsHundredHigh SchoolProgramJazzCaliforniaParadoxComposerBobJuniorsEducatorJunior HighBlown AwayLafayette Author:Jon Gordon
“Jazz is the big brother of the blues. If a guy's playing blues like we play, he's in high school. When he starts playing jazz it's like going on to college, to a school of higher learning.” IfsPlayBigsSchoolGuyHistoryCollegeBrotherHigherHigh SchoolJazzPlaying JazzJazz And BluesHigher Learning Author:B. B. King