Teddy Weatherford - Did he bring Jazz to India ?

Brendan Koerner has been a good friend to this project and we appreciate it. His research is meticulous and thorough and his writing tells the tale of a contender to Earl "Fatha" Hine's stride piano prowess, ...who was born in West Virginia, developed legendary piano chops in Chicago..and went on to march with the saints whils't gigging in Calcutta !

See http://atavist.net/piano-demon-excerpt/

While Brendan tells a good tale, indeed, we couldn't resist celebrating his book with the accompanying Video which includes a rare first hand account of Teddy.... Has anybody else seen Mr. Weatherford ?

Narrating the story are, in order of appearance, Ajoy Ray (Kolkata), Jehangir Dalal (Mumbai), Dan Morgenstern (Newark), Naresh Fernandes (Mumbai), Louiz Banks (Mumbai) and our eyewitness, the last of Calcutta's Big Band crooners !

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Entertainment

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• Teddy Weatherford
• Piano Demon
• Finding Carlton
• Brendan Koerner
• Jazz India inspirational

[ttcarlisle]

Brilliant and poignant piece. Deserves a full-length documentary.

[geetarxist]

nice