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(YouTube) Video 6-year old can play jazz piano better than you can   (youtube.com) divider line 7
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Peaceboy [TotalFark] 2009-03-22 03:23:48 AM  
Awesome trivia from his imdb bio (born in 1940 and his height's listed as 4'5"):

A small, youthful-looking boy, he was touted as a seven-year-old "child prodigy", until one night in 1957 at Harlem's Apollo Theater, a fan sneaked into his room after the show to try to meet him and saw him smoking a cigar. It turned out that he wasn't seven years old but 17 years old. The incident ended his career.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732630/bio (new window)

 
craigdamage 2009-03-22 08:26:50 AM  
Boogie woogie and JAZZ are totally different.

That kid was really good but he was playing a simple blues line.

 
The Dynamite Monkey 2009-03-22 12:40:03 PM  
Peaceboy: Awesome trivia from his imdb bio (born in 1940 and his height's listed as 4'5"):

A small, youthful-looking boy, he was touted as a seven-year-old "child prodigy", until one night in 1957 at Harlem's Apollo Theater, a fan sneaked into his room after the show to try to meet him and saw him smoking a cigar. It turned out that he wasn't seven years old but 17 years old. The incident ended his career.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0732630/bio (new window)

Apparently, that is untrue. (new window)

 
DarkJohnson [TotalFark] 2009-03-22 12:48:43 PM  
Peaceboy: Awesome trivia from his imdb bio (born in 1940 and his height's listed as 4'5"):

Yeah, IMDB is almost worse than Wikipedia for valid information.

Anyone with an account can send them data that they'll rarely verify.

 
Sm3agol85 2009-03-22 08:56:40 PM  
Old in more ways than one.

 
Sphaux 2009-03-22 09:28:44 PM  
Child prodigies always suck at keeping a consistent tempo... I think its because kids have no patience.

 
pintoboy 2009-03-22 11:26:32 PM  
He's still alive and still playing piano!

http://blackkettleproductions.com/?p=22

 
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