Showing posts with label Dancing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dancing. Show all posts
Norman Granz Quotes
"The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing." - Norman Granz
Josephine Baker Quotes
"Each time I leaped I seemed to touch the sky and when I regained earth it seemed to be mine alone." - Josephine Baker
Dizzy Gillespie Quotes
"They're not particular about whether you're playing a flatted fifth or a ruptured 129th as long as they can dance to it." - Dizzy Gillespie
Artie Shaw Quotes
Dance music, as I keep saying, you can dance to a windshield wiper... a windshield wiper that's fairly steady gives you a beat and all you need is an out-of-tune playing 'Melancholy Baby' and you've got dance music.
Cab Calloway Quotes
"Bubbles was a very good dancer. Tremendous dancer. He was one of our leading dancers of the country at that time. And, of course, he didn't have much of a voice." - Cab Calloway
