We had a great educator [in the school band], a man named Larry Laurenzano. He was tough, but we knew that he loved us. And that was the beginning of playing music with people and really being inspired and having fun and being in a community.
Jon Gordon[Charles McPherson] was kind enough to go to a record gig of mine where we recorded a song of his.
Jon GordonI have to say, music was always my self preservation survival technique. This sort of sacred space in my life and in my mind.
Jon Gordon