12 year old jazz piano prodigy - Joey Alexander: Caught this kid on CBS 60 minutes this evening. Kid came to the States from Bali, Indonesia when he was about 10 years old. Wynton...

Elwood Loc: Florida

Caught this kid on CBS 60 minutes this evening. Kid came to the States from Bali, Indonesia when he was about 10 years old. Wynton Marsalis calls him a genius.
St. Loius Blues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4tCjs8_MoQ

My favorite things.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heIGbOA6Ykw

Amazing Grace (when he was 10 years old)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5QrTr9xPzw

Over the Rainbow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1liUart72g

Super Dave Loc: Realville, USA

I could play the piano that well if my damned fingers would move like that.

Elwood Loc: Florida

Super Dave wrote:

I could play the piano that well if my damned fingers would move like that.

:lol: :lol: I studied jazz piano for a couple of years back in Los Angeles in the 1960s. I used to hang out in as many of the piano bars as I could. It was depressing to me as there were so many talented individuals, who could play infinitely better than me and were literally starving playing for peanuts. I decided to quit and go back to college and finish my education. Still miss those days. :-D

Onelostdog Loc: Restless Oregon

Elwood wrote:

:lol: :lol: I studied jazz piano for a couple of years back in Los Angeles in the 1960s. I used to hang out in as many of the piano bars as I could. It was depressing to me as there were so many talented individuals, who could play infinitely better than me and were literally starving playing for peanuts. I decided to quit and go back to college and finish my education. Still miss those days. :-D

:thumbup: Still miss which days, the playing for peanuts or the college days. I would have to go for the peanuts days as I don't remember much of my college days as it's all still kind of a blurry hangover. :roll: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol:

Elwood Loc: Florida

Onelostdog wrote:

:thumbup: Still miss which days, the playing for peanuts or the college days. I would have to go for the peanuts days as I don't remember much of my college days as it's all still kind of a blurry hangover. :roll: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol:

Not me. I had a wife and kid to support so I had to work part-time while going to college. Didn't leave any time for goofing off. :(