"I was about nine years old when my Dad took me to see Oscar Peterson at the Albert Hall in Nottingham. It was supposed to be a solo piano concert, but there was bass and drums—Louis Bellson and John Heard. And in my nine-year-old brain, this was just phenomenal."
"My Dad was my first piano teacher. He introduced me to the piano, he introduced me to jazz. That stuff was a huge part of my diet as a kid, as a teenager."
Jazz Inspired on NPR with Judi Carmichael, ‘11 | Ep144
"I would go for my lessons in Ronnie Scott’s in the morning. There was usually somebody going around with a vacuum cleaner, and people at the bar washing glasses. I’d be sitting with Chucho at the piano. Lessons would go from an hour to two hours, then we’d take a little break and have an espresso across the street; then we’d come back and play some more."
The Syncopated Times: Multi-Faceted Maestro of Jazz, ‘22
"It's fantastic to see you again and welcome you for your 5th appearance. We'll be diving into classic American songs from the 19th and 20th centuries, paired with recorded live piano and vocal performances."
