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ConnectionsOne of Chris’s earliest gigs was the Aspen Music Festival in 1984, where he first met drummer Myles Weinstein. Myles was impressed enough that, years later, he remembered Chris and invited him to join his combo The Jazz Mentality -- an association which continues [sporadically] even today.Two years later, well-known champion of young jazz musicians Marian McPartland came through Columbia and heard Chris, then 15. She was impressed also -- enough to recommend to Chris’s father that Chris was ready to join a touring band like Woody Herman’s. Mr. Potter insisted that Chris stay and finish high school first, however. [Still, McPartland’s attentions would pay off in another way later on ....] Besides, by sticking around Columbia for a few more years, Chris was present and ready when his first Big Break came: more >>> |
