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Pretty fortunate that with the exception of two months when I was 23, that I worked in a law office pushing paper around. I was always able to eke out a living somehow. So I'm blessed.

Jon Gordon

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Jon Gordon
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
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There were some things I was going and doing in Europe a little bit. Some festivals that brought me over. That was good. Some touring I did over there. But there was nothing major [from 22 to 29].
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I wasn't expecting [the Monk competition] would necessarily do that. So I just did what I did and some good things continued to happen and some doors continued to open and that kind of led me into the different associations that I developed in my 30s and some records that I've made on ArtistShare over the last 10 years or so.
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I think that's important to remember - That we're blessed to even be able to attempt to do this [music].
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Remember, you have only one ride through life so give it all you got and enjoy the ride.
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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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Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.
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I definitely had some moments, where, Wow, these were some hard chords on some gig.
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I had a really nice association with Richie DeRosa, a great musician, a great drummer and composer and arranger. And I had a number of classes with him.
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