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Charley Krachy

Born: October 7, 1940

I grew up listening to Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and Lester Young, mostly.  We had a big Stromberg-Carlson player and I remember the needles for the 78 rpm came in little brown envelopes,six to a pack, I think. When Les Paul & Mary Ford came out with How High the Moon, I wore out the record in about a week, my father bought another, and another.  I didn't realize then, but I believe now that my deep love of music comes from this period. 

I was introduced to Kazzrie in 1979 at a session at Lennie Tristano's house in Jamaica Queens.  I had just started studying with Lenny Popkin and began attending these weekly sessions.  Kazzrie, known as Liz Gorrill at the time, invited me to play at her home in Queens.  At this point in my musical life I had been playing for many years but was just begining my journey into jazz improvisation.