![]() But by the time I came along she was playing in nightclubs full time. I was aware that my mother learned to play in church. But I was always at something of a loss trying to describe exactly what this was and where it came from. There was little improvisation involved but over the years working in clubs she would come up with arrangements and "shout" choruses to these tunes, which I then grew up hearing (and playing) at the many house parties we had. Sometimes I'm asked what kind of music my mother played and I reply that while she did not regard herself as a jazz musician she did play standards in a swinging fashion. ![]() Yet in some ways the trajectory from her musical upbringing leading to my own involvement in music is just now becoming more clear to me. With her organ playing days now long past the memories I have from hearing her play and teaching me standards when I began playing saxophone remain formidable. ![]() This is a promotional photo of my mother taken in the early 1960's from her days playing Hammond B3 organ professionally in Baltimore nightclubs. ![]()
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