Charlie Banacos

Charlie Banacos

Improvisational Guru. (August 11, 1946 – December 8, 2009)
Charlie Banacos was one of the greatest music teachers of the 20th Century.
He was the instructor to David Liebman, Michael Brecker, Jeff Berlin, Garry Dial, Alain Caron, Mike Stern, Danilo Perez, and Wayne Krantz. He created many new principles of music academics, many of which are in use at The Players School of Music and Manhattan School of Music.

HP
http://www.charliebanacos.com/

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Banacos


Bassist Jeff Berlin Pays Tribute to Charlie Banacos
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=35119#.UUK-3tZBSQp

Mike Stern's Tribute to Charlie Banacos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8EuL4_vtY