Quote # 42 by Harry Connick, JR.
“It is jazz music that called me to be a musician and I have always sang the songs that moved me the most.” – Harry Connick, Jr. Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, conductor, pianist, actor, and composer. He has seven top-20 US albums, and […]
Quote # 30 by Joe Williams
“You can’t rehearse a blues, darlin’.” – Joe Williams Joe Williams (1918 – 1999) was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singer, a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards. He got his big break in 1954, when he was hired as the male vocalist for the Count Basie Orchestra. He remained […]
Quote # 20 by Billie Holiday
“I hate straight singing. I have to change a tune to my own way of doing it. That’s all I know.” – Billie Holiday Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) was a fantastic American jazz singer and songwriter. Billie Holiday singing “Fine and mellow” in New York, December 8, 1957. The band includes […]