A portion of the show from July 3, 1947 in which Pennario can be heard expressing his humor vocally and his amazing musical talent on his piano with Falla's Ritual Fire Dance and a Gershwin tune. At the time of this recording, Pennario was age 22.
Photographs in this video are courtesy of Mary Kunz Goldman, who is the music critic of The Buffalo News and the authorized biographer of Leonard Pennario. Mary blogs daily about the adventure of chronicling a great pianist's life on her Web site, http://www.marykunzgoldman.com
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Nelson Eddy mentored numerous young singers/musicians during his lifetime. Leonard Pennario was one of those fortunate young performers. Brilliant piano playing from Leonard. Thank You for sharing with Us. Lorraine
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