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Echoes of the Sounds to Be by Derek Paravicini
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fave it Smooth Jazz | Ragtime
11 tracks | 31 minutes
Released Sep 2006
on Sonustech
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:39 It's Only a Paper Moon lyrics BUY MP3 01:39 It's Only a Paper Moon lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:39 It's Only a Paper Moon
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:47 Over the Rainbow lyrics BUY MP3 02:47 Over the Rainbow lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:47 Over the Rainbow
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:25 Tea For Two lyrics BUY MP3 03:25 Tea For Two lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:25 Tea For Two
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:53 Fish Gotta Swim Birds Gotta Fly (can't Help Lovin' Dat Man) lyrics BUY MP3 03:53 Fish Gotta Swim Birds Gotta Fly (can't Help Lovin' Dat Man) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:53 Fish Gotta Swim Birds Gotta Fly (can't Help Lovin' Dat Man)
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:35 Blue Monk lyrics BUY MP3 02:35 Blue Monk lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:35 Blue Monk
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:13 My Very Good Friend the Milkman lyrics BUY MP3 04:13 My Very Good Friend the Milkman lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:13 My Very Good Friend the Milkman
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:47 Ain't Misbehavin' lyrics BUY MP3 02:47 Ain't Misbehavin' lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:47 Ain't Misbehavin'
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:00 Send in the Clowns lyrics BUY MP3 03:00 Send in the Clowns lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:00 Send in the Clowns
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:10 When the Sun Goes Down lyrics BUY MP3 02:10 When the Sun Goes Down lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:10 When the Sun Goes Down
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:38 The Entertainer lyrics BUY MP3 02:38 The Entertainer lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:38 The Entertainer
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:04 Buddy Bolden's Blues (i Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say) lyrics BUY MP3 02:04 Buddy Bolden's Blues (i Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:04 Buddy Bolden's Blues (i Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say)
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Bio / Background
Derek, now in his mid twenties, was born premature, at 25 weeks, and weighing just over half a kilogram. As a result of the oxygen therapy required to save his life, Derek lost his sight, and his development was affected too. It later became apparent that he had severe learning difficulties. However, he soon acquired a fascination for music and sound, and, by the age of four, had taught himself to play a large number of pieces on the piano, of some melodic and harmonic complexity (such as Smoke Gets in your Eyes). Almost inevitably, with no visual models to guide him, his technique was chaotic, and even his elbows would frequently be pressed into service, as he strove to reach intervals beyond the span of his tiny hands!
At this time, his enormous potential was recognised by Adam Ockelford, then music teacher at Linden Lodge School for the Blind in London. In due course, weekly and then daily lessons were arranged, in an extensive programme of tuition that was to last for several years.
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