![]() In November 1964, he formed the TRINITY with drummer Micky Waller and bassist Ricky Brown. ![]() Though a fan of rock (the BEATLES in particular), AUGER was more interested in the technical side of playing and after hearing JIMMY SMITH on Hammond organ, he knew he had to have one. 1964 saw AUGER winning a Melody Maker jazz poll, soon becoming in-demand among London's music scene. Soon the great modern jazz pianists captured him, Oscar Peterson, Hampton Hawes, Bill Evans, Red Garland, Victor Feldman, and McCoy Tyner.īy eighteen, his musical prowess began attracting attention and in 1962 he formed a trio with bassist Rick Laird, Phil Knorra on drums, adding a young John McLaughlin and saxophonist Glen Hughes. In addition to the British and American pop music of the time, he also became fascinated with jazz artists like Duke Ellington, Count Basie and other popular jazz coming in through Armed Forces radio. After the Auger home was bombed and destroyed in 1944, Brian found other pianos and was determined to keep playing. I began to copy the notes I was actually able to copy these melodies", he recalls. Brian Auger biography Born Jand growing up in London, BRIAN AUGER began taking notice of his parent's player piano at the age of three "After a while I noticed that I was able to recognize the patterns in all the notes.
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