Bruce Whitcomb

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What instrument do you play?: Guitar, Bass, Piano, Drums, Violin, Mandolin
Who influenced you to listen to jazz: Pat Metheny turned me on to George Benson in 1972. I loved blues and rock guitar up until then, but was looking for more harmonically involved playing back then. I also had a great music theory teacher James Hejduk in high school who thought jazz would be my direction.
How did you find out about the WDCJN?: Ronnie Burage
My Website: http://don't have one
Where are you located?: Manhattan, NYC
Tell us about yourself: Started music seriously at age 12. The Beatles and Beach Boys were the first big influences. I got into Blues and rock (Jeff Beck, Clapton, BB King, then Coryell and McGlaughlin, etc.) I bought Miles in the Sky when I was 17 after an English friend told me I'd fall for it. After two weeks of listening to what seemed like a lot of noise upon first listening, I started to understand and love it all to this day.