Robert Dunn:  

After I graduated Sylmar High in 1972, I continued to play in bands at dances, etc. I also attended California State University, Northridge for a year then quit. I started working a series of 'day jobs' to keep it together so I could study music, and this happened all through the 70s. I began moving the opposite direction of jazz in the '70s which was ruled by the jazz/rock fusion and eventually 'funk' jazz, then 'nice' jazz, elevator music. Since I had already studied Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix in the 60's, I wanted to attain higher, more advanced levels in my jazz/improvisational studies which took me past the Charlie Parker/Sonny Rollins into the John Coltrane/Eric Dolphy studies. Meanwhile, I had really gotten into religion and the First Church of Christ on Chatsworth and this wound up ...Expand for more