Earnest Woodall
A local teacher Peter Rogine introduced him to the music of Philip Glass , Steve Reich and John Adams , as well as Miles Davis , John Coltrane , and Thelonious Monk and coming of age with the progressive music of Yes , Emerson , Lake & Palmer , and Pink Floyd which sparked a lifelong love of both 20th-century classical music , progressive rock and jazz . 
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