It was very early in 2020 when I first discovered the Youtube channel NewJazz. I’d just been fired again and faced yet another months-long bout of job-searching. With all the unclaimed minutes and hours I now had, why not sit down and actually try to learn what jazz piano was all about?
I first began playing jazz piano in 11th grade, mainly because my high school offered jazz band as a class and I was in full resume-padding mode for college. I did enjoy piano, having began when I was about 6. After years of lessons, recitals, and exams, I quit around when I was in 5th grade, when I got to the level where the truly dedicated left the mere hobbyists behind.
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