tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765121215800613876.post5367906836016441389..comments2024-03-11T04:42:08.958-07:00Comments on Gapplegate Guitar and Bass Blog: Some New Guitar Music; Jeff Furst Passes AwayGrego Applegate Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06188040049179872295noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765121215800613876.post-53532958396302425362012-09-10T08:44:32.300-07:002012-09-10T08:44:32.300-07:00It was. We must have just missed each other since ...It was. We must have just missed each other since I believe I was in New York by then. He was a force and the way the school was structured was great for developing as a musician. Thanks for your input!<br />GregoGrego Applegate Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188040049179872295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765121215800613876.post-44401890411520716492012-09-08T08:59:39.901-07:002012-09-08T08:59:39.901-07:00Sorry to hear Jeff is gone. I was at Contemporary ...Sorry to hear Jeff is gone. I was at Contemporary Music School in 1975. It was a great place to learn and grow. I loved the music in those days. Now I renovate houses. Go figure. Thanks for all you did Jeff. God bless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765121215800613876.post-44481667774307035642010-11-14T13:48:51.803-08:002010-11-14T13:48:51.803-08:00He was all that, AC. Thanks for weighing in on Jef...He was all that, AC. Thanks for weighing in on Jeff. He was an important influence for me as well.<br />GregoGrego Applegate Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188040049179872295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765121215800613876.post-65542486605832392972010-11-13T19:23:45.842-08:002010-11-13T19:23:45.842-08:00I stumbled across this blog looking for info about...I stumbled across this blog looking for info about Jeff. I am so terribly saddened. I just completed two new CDs, one of which acknowledges Jeff as one of the teachers that "kicked my butt." He was a innovator, a risk taker and a friend.AChttp://www.danaherandcloud.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765121215800613876.post-52113715325108544522010-01-11T07:53:25.040-08:002010-01-11T07:53:25.040-08:00Thanks for your input JL. I agree--he was demandin...Thanks for your input JL. I agree--he was demanding and had a philisophy that was the antithesis of the cookie cutter approach to pedagogy. He allowed you to choose a curriculum that gave you what you needed to learn but also what you wanted to learn.Grego Applegate Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188040049179872295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1765121215800613876.post-68601458122389160502010-01-11T04:39:03.375-08:002010-01-11T04:39:03.375-08:00I attended The School of Contemporary Music and ta...I attended The School of Contemporary Music and taught there after I graduated. Jeff was a great musician and educator. I remember how demanding he was in jazz theory class. I learned so much from this man, it is a loss. He is not forgotten.J L Schroedernoreply@blogger.com