Glen says: "My early musical experiences include R&B bands (1966-67), the US Army band (1967-69) and the R&B Band 'The Occasions' (1969-70) that recorded 'I'm a Girl Watcher'; we traveled all over the country promoting that hit. That band was a one hit wonder.

From 1970-74 I lived in Boston, MA...went to Berklee. Studied saxophone with Joe Viola for 4 years. While in Boston (10 years) I got to hear lots of the great musicians before they passed away, including Miles, Cannonball, Bill Evans, Stan Getz, Mingus, Joe Henderson, and many others. Probably was most influenced by Getz because I heard him so much (he liked Boston so he came there a lot. His sax repairman, Emilio Lyons lived in Boston also, which was another reason he came there a lot).

When I was in school, we started a 3 horn R&B band called 'Park St. Under', named after one of the subway stops in Boston. It developed into a killer group and we started getting concert gigs on big shows. I played on shows with James Taylor, Paul Butterfield (David Sanborn was an unknown playing in the horn section), The Young Rascals, The Guess Who, The Temptations, and Little Anthony & the Imperials.

After I finished school, I played a jazz gig at the Copley Plaza Hotel 6 nights a week for 3 1/2 years. At the time, Copleys was the nicest hotel in Boston. During that time, I also studied saxophone with Phil Woods, one of my all time heroes. In 1975 I taught harmony and ear training and ran a number of ensembles at Berklee. As an instructor there, I had to work from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM five days a week. Between that and playing at Copley's 6 nights a week, I finally burned out and had to quit teaching.

In the latter part of 1979, I moved back to NC to get some space and slow down a little so I could finally get to practice and integrate some of the great information I'd learned in school and from studying with Phil Woods.

Since then I've basically just practiced, taught and played gigs. Played my saxophone single at 'Jamaica Jamaica' (restaurant) twice a week for 8 1/2 years. I may have set some sort of record for the longest running jazz lunch gig in Raleigh/Durham history. Who knows?

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