Basically, I switched over to the piano and then at the age of fourteen, I picked the bass up because it was something that just came into my life.
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This was 1965, 64, I was going to the conservatory there and later on, I became chairman of the New England Conservatory, which was a classical school with a jazz department.Miroslav Vitous
I am a Slavic musician and it is deeply inside of me.
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I basically started playing violin at the age of six. That lasted about three years because my previous teacher died and the second teacher didn't really know how to successfully get me going.
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They tested my talents and found out that I had talent by some tests they knew how to do as far as ear training and this kind of thing.
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They taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer.
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I actually met Chick Corea in New York, where I was staying with a bass player friend.
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