There were so many specific things from high school jazz band that I remembered: the conductor searching out people who were out of tune, or stopping and starting me for hours in front of the band as they watched.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was exposed to jazz early on.
The history of all big jazz bands shows was, first they played for dancing, and then they played for singing.
Growing up, I was very much interested in jazz music.
And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.
I was really small when jazz broke through in England and I can still remember sneaking off to the living room to listen to it on the radio - much to my parent's disapproval.
My first love of jazz came from joining the Chilliwack Middle School band - it was like an 18-piece jazz band, and I wanted to join just because the older kids looked like they were having so much fun.
I was totally into jazz in my teens.
I cut myself off from the mainstream of jazz. It stood me in good stead later on, as a musician.
And I used to listen to a lot of jazz.
As a kid, I used to go see all the jazz players, Oscar Peterson, Stan Kenton, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespe.