Unable to afford college tuition, prior to graduation from high school in May 1974, Burnett auditioned for and was accepted to the music programs of both, the US Air Force and US Army bands.
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Fuchs was his primary music teacher who also exposed him to some of the local and internationally recognized professional saxophone players like Charles Molina and Gary Foster who visited the school periodically during the early 1970s. Burnett took to music intuitively and his introduction to saxophone and clarinet began through the instrumental music program at school.
4 Music Education and Artistic Motivations.), and the eldest sibling in his family continually served as a significant professional role model and mentor. His brother, Richie Pratt (Ma– February 12, 2015), who was also a musician ( Lionel Hampton, Junior Mance, Aretha Franklin, New York Jazz Quartet, Broadway, films, studios. His sibling family lived at places such as: France, Michigan, and Colorado prior to settling permanently back home in the Kansas City metro area. Born in Olathe, Kansas, Burnett's family moved relatively frequently during his early childhood due to his father being a member of the active US military service.
Musician, conductor, producer, arranger, composer,Ĭhris Burnett (born Christopher LeRoy Burnett on November 2, 1955) is an American saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands and band leader.
Photo taken of Chris Burnett outside of the America Jazz Museum in Kansas City.
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