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Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.

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Jon Gordon
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
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I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to get called for bad wedding gigs and I did do an off-Broadway show for about 15 months.
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We [with my mother] listened to music when I was a kid. We listened to a little bit of Bob's [Gordon] music, but just a little, I think it was too painful for her.
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I didn't always have time to practice as much as I wanted to do, that was a real problem for me in high school and college.
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Phil [Wood] was known for having a little bit of a gruff manner, but he was all heart.
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When you believe, the impossible becomes possible. What you believe will become what is true. Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow. Don’t look at your challenges look up and look out into the future. Don’t focus on your circumstances. Focus on the right beliefs that will help you build your success.
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I took some comp for non-comp major classes with Giacomo Bracali and Ludmila Ulela, who was a really famous composition teacher.
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Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.
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We often have to lose what we thought we wanted to find what God wants for us
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Negative thoughts are the nails that build a prison of failure.
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When you experience resistance, you find the lessons that you are meant to learn
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Anyone who attempts to build great things will face challenges.
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The Monk competition did open some doors. And I was thankful for that.
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I saw a nice interview with Dave Binney recently. He was saying, Man it was never easy. It's not like 'Oh wow, the good old days.' What, when certain people couldn't vote? There was more work for musicians in the '40s, '50s, '60s. But I don't think it was ever easy.
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There are a lot of people that impacted me. I remember hearing Oscar Peterson live at the Blue Note, which was very expensive, but... $50 in the '80s... hard to come up with. But it was amazing.
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I was also sitting in from the middle of senior year of high school at Sweet Basil, it was a great club in New York.
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Every person and every team will be tested on their journey. It is part of the curriculum of life. It's just like riding a bicycle. In the beginning you're going to fall off and get knocked down but the important thing is to get back on, stay strong, and after a while once you master it you'll ride with the confidence of a champion.
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Connection to the music and the history was very powerful to me. I think that's what I feel the most blessed about.
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When I was a kid, I always saw these pictures of a man called Bob Gordon with a baritone saxophone, who I understood was my father. Turns out he wasn't. He was my mother's first husband.
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I'm very gratified that I had my little 15 minutes,or whatever [at the Thelonious Monk International Saxophone Competition]. It certainly didn't make me rich and famous. But it helped a little bit for a while.
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I would sit in at a jazz brunch [at sweet Basil] with Eddie Chamblee, who was a great tenor player. Really a kind man. The whole band was great.
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