While rummaging through my attic, I stumbled upon a treasure: a cassette tape containing practice sessions recorded during my time at Berklee around 1987 or 1988, when I was about 20 years old. The tape captures a series of short free improvisations, reflecting the hours I dedicated to such practice each day. At that time, under the guidance of George Garzone, I was deeply immersed in free improvisation, exploring atonal and tonal expression in a formless manner. Although I was also working on standards and melodic improvisation, my primary focus was not on harmonic-based melody. These recordings were made by saxophonist Bill Holeman, using a microphone, preamp, reverb unit, and a cassette recorder at his house. The photographs below were captured at the “Jazz House” in Brighton, Massachusetts, where five of us lived together while studying at Berklee School of Music.
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