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Matt Faulk |
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Tucson, AZ |
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 Thursday, 27 October 2011 17:00 IP: 166.89.195.73
Sir,
I can't quite explain how vital your music has been to me throughout my life. While I was growing up, your music was played in our home, and my older brother Dan (Faulk) and I would study your recordings. We would each pick a part-maybe your solo, accompanying trumpet/trombone, piano chord structure, bass line, drum patterns-we literally did our best to learn from the musical bible of your recordings.
My brother Dan ended up playig saxophone (tenor and soprano)in JJ Johnson's combo and big band during JJ's latter years until he unfortunately passed. Dan was blessed with the journey of playing alongside one of his idols, JJ, and vicariously playing with another one in you. Although I'm a drummer, I strive to be as expressive as I can-I get positive comments on my unique style of drumming, which I owe in large part to my years of studying your improvisation.
Thank you, God Bless, and you are truly a legend among legends,
Matt Faulk
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