A Piano Tale - the conflict between a jazz and a classical pianist

[henrah]

This is absolutely great, I love it 

[pianistimo]

i tell you, in truth, this is the cause of my madness.  whilst i spent hours and hours practicing - my brother would come and sit down and in one sitting play anything that came to his head.  pretty soon - when i would compose things i'd hear more than basic rhythms.  (he also played sax).  bad influence, he was.

[henrah]

Why such a bad influence? Was he not an inspiration?

[pianistimo]

well, he got to where i was 20 years later in a matter of 3.  no hard feelings.  i love him to death.  he can't sightread either, so we're even. 

clementi drove him to it at the age of 8.  in 10th grade he was playing a sax concerto by glazunov.  he played it pretty well, too.  i think he played it for some school recital and got a standing ovation.