excerpt from 'The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music' pp. 85 (60 words)
excerpt from 'The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music' pp. 85 (60 words)
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Why do you think you could read music without any training? It was a gift. I was also surrounded by music as a child. I used to listen to Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, all the jazz greats. Those were the records my family had. Duke Ellington was another one. I came across his records when I was fourteen. |
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