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The Monk competition did open some doors. And I was thankful for that.

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Jon Gordon
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 20
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I was commuting three to four hours a day, I had jobs for much of it. But I was always involved in going to some ensemble someplace. Taking my lessons at the local Jewish community center on Staten Island.
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Many of the people I'm gratified to see have gotten acclaim like Mark Turner or Bill Charlap. Ed Simon or Maria Schneider or Jim McNeely or Scott Robinson. Ken Peplowski, who is a friend and somebody I admire a lot.
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I had a great year with Bob Mintzer [at Laguardia School of Arts]. Bob is great. We could have just brought the clarinet or dealt with classical stuff, or brought the flute or just dealt with comp and arranging... what a great teacher.
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I definitely had some moments, where, Wow, these were some hard chords on some gig.
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Aesthetically, I love the whole history of the music.
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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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Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.
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There's a lot of good people out here that want to help you grow and to help the music to continue to grow and evolve and go find those folks and be around them and carry it on... carrying the tradition on in the way with what it is that you have to offer. Find some good people in the music that will believe in you and they'll help you do that.
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I made some nice associations. Ben Perowsky and Kevin Hays... Bill Mobley and Pete McGuinness. A lot of talented people.
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Instead of being disappointed about where you are, be optimistic about where you are going.
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The goal is not to be better than anyone else but rather be better than you were yesterday.
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Hearing Phil [wood] a lot, those few years especially when I was going to hear music and Tom Harrell was in the band. Man that was incredible. Hearing Tom at that period, and hearing Phil in that period, and also [Charles] McPherson. Those three guys were very impactful. Very inspiring to me at the time.
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You fuel your life with trust and love instead of fear and doubt.
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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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I was really falling in love with jazz and dedicating myself in that direction.
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You can’t be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.
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