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Just curious, and this may be interesting for all of us.

If you had to choose one thing that has made you into a better jazz/improvising musician, what would it be?
 
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EASY.:)

HAVING CHARLIE MARIANO FOR A TEACHER AT AGE 17.


Charlie Mariano is my biggest influence and inspiration in music.
I was lucky to study with him when I was 17 at Berklee.
< :)That was a true blessing :)>

Charlie Mariano's music is singular and yet it reaches beyond his personal
vision.
This is music that speaks to the collective spirit of all mankind. Mariano is a
consummate creative saxophonist of the highest order.His repertoire covers the waterfront from Euro-open style compositions to indian ragas & scales to hard driving funk and some of the very best jazz standard playing. He is one of our legendary contemporary players ...a singular intelligence of
remarkable purity and consistency.

I feel what Trane was to the tenor..Mariano is to the alto-intensity and
study/adventure wise. to study with him at age 17....TURNED MY HEAD AROUND. I think of him everyday.

As a 17 year old kid...Mariano became a father figure to me musically.
That guy was really someone I looked up to and still do , in many ways.

 
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