mjzee Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 In October 1963, a 25-year-old Johns Hopkins medical student sat at a concert grand piano in the East 30th Street studio of Columbia Records in New York and played a masterpiece of a jazz solo. Denny Zeitlin, from a Chicago family devoted to medicine and music, had come to New York for a 10-week fellowship in psychiatry at Columbia University. But the medical student, a pianist since the age of 2 and a professional musician during his high-school years, had also found time during his New York sojourn to study with the seminal composer George Russell, who became one of his champions, and to sit in with some of the city's leading jazz players. Continued here... WSJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 The videos of Zeitlin's wine tasting party and the tour of his cellar make a trip to his website worth the effort. In addition to his musical ability, his professional accomplishments and his extraordinary knowledge of wines, he's also an accomplished fly fisherman. Quite the renaissance man. Up over and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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