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In Reply to: RE: "....the reactions from others are interesting." LOL! That's one way to put it :-) nt posted by Rick W on May 15, 2015 at 13:33:02
I've had a chance to hear and see a number of them close up, as well as meet them. What's disappointing when you take a close look is how most of them are already consumed in the business and professional aspects of music. It's already a serious job, and for the ordinary childhood fun they desperately need, they look to anything but music.
That may be a reasonable price to pay for the small fraction of prodigies who achieve true long term fame and stardom. For the rest, it seems too much.
And as impressive and improbable-seeming as it is that an 11-year old can steam through Lush Life, or the Mendelssohn violin concerto, it turns out there are more children who can do things like that than the casual observer might think.
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I've met some guys who were fantastic players at a fairly young age - like alto players Loren Stillman when he was 19 and Miguel Zenon at age 20 - but I never heard where they were at when they were as young as 11.
I don't see any reason to think this 11 year old is involved in the biz end of music at all - I'd bet his parents and/or manager handle all that. From what I heard, I'd guess the kid spends most of his time shedding his axe and learning scales/chord progressions/tunes, playing in groups rather than dealing with business decisions. I mean c'mon, how much involvement in things like setting up gigs at jazz venues like Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola could an 11 year old have?
In this 11 year old's case the truth is that none of us have any idea what his life is like. His parents may be doing a wonderful job of raising him. For all we know the kid could be doing great at school and having lots of fun. He seems pretty happy and well adjusted in the video I linked. Don't forget, though it is a business and certainly has attendant negative aspects, the jazz scene is mostly a lot looser atmosphere than a kid would encounter playing a Beethoven concerto at Carnegie Hall with the NYP.
Hey, all I can say with any degree of certainty is that its blatantly obvious that this kid could potentially become a helluva jazz musician. Dunno if that will actually happen - after all, he's only 11, ain't exactly Herbie Hancock yet, and one never knows what life has in store. But man, what an amazing head start!
One never knows, do one? Supportive parents are no doubt a big plus, but the road to stardom is still a high-pressure one for most young kids (TV talk shows, major venues, etc.) And you're right, I know nothing about this 11-year old, though I've seen others. We'll see where he is in 10 years.
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