Chuck Brooke
Lancaster, California, United States
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As a composer I am a newbie. As a saxophonist the only record I played on that made the transition to CD is Elvin Bishop's Raisin Hell - still a great party record!
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The late Jerry Goldsmith is the composer who influenced me the most . His keen melodic sense and range of styles inspired me from the beginning.
As a saxophonist, my earliest influence was John Coltrane. He never reverted to practiced phrases and always sought unique melodies.
There are many other influences, of course, but those are the first and largest of my influences. Now, though, I try to block out influences so as to listen to my own melodic sense. As Charlie Parker said, "...practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail." I've come to that time of life when the only thing I want is to "just wail".
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