[turnipmonster]

so in 2001 I went to the new school in nyc which has a pretty well respected jazz program, whatever. my first day there I'm looking to see what ensembles I'm in (which is on a big list on the wall) and I see:

Music of Miles Davis Ensemble
Guitar: Alex Skolnick

now, this is a student jazz group, wtf? is there another guitarist named alex skolnick who plays jazz or something? what are the odds?

so I ask some of my fellow students and come to find at that it's the SAME ALEX SKOLNICK, who has short hair, plays an archtop and GOES to the new school to study jazz. he doesn't teach there, he actually attends. weird. at the end of the semester he put up posters for his senior recital that said "Evolution: Alex Skolnick's recital" or something like that. it was funny to see but the guy is a great player who's very serious about playing jazz as well as other stuff of course.

--turnipmonster