excerpt from 'The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music' pp. 69 (49 words)
excerpt from 'The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music' pp. 69 (49 words)
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Whom did you listen to when you were first learning to play? Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines, J. P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Willie the Lion [Smith]. The right hand didn't mean a thing back then. If you didn't have a strong left hand, you weren't considered a good pianist. |
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