Studying drums really helped. Also, I had to play piano in one of the student jazz ensemble I lead. Actually playing piano in a group rather than just playing through tunes on my own really opened things up for me.
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.
+1 here as well. I'm mainly a classical player, but I gig aroud with a combo. As of now they are all better than me, and their influence to my playing is without a doubt, huge.
Listen and listen once more, (have talent,) work harder and dare!
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