Mose Allison Quotes About Jazz

Quotes about: Jazz

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

  Mose Allison

  Player, Ems, Jazz

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

  Mose Allison

  New York, Jazz

• I just try to do as good job with the material as I can and play some jazz as well, some improvised music, and do that every night. Just see where it goes.

  Mose Allison

  Jobs, Night, Play

• As far as I'm concerned, the essentials of jazz are: melodic improvisation, melodic invention, swing, and instrumental personality.

  Mose Allison

  Swings, Personality, Essentials

• My main influences have always been the classic jazz players who sang, like Louis Armstrong and Nat King Cole and Jack Teagarden.

  Mose Allison

  Kings, Player, Jazz

• I was taking chemical engineering. But I went into the army after that. When I came out of the army, I was a different person. I met a lot of good jazz players in the army.

  Mose Allison

  Army, Player, Engineering

  Interview with Jason Heller, music.avclub.com. April 02, 2010.

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