Jon Cleary, the British-born pianist whose reputation as a New Orleans piano professor-in-the-making has crossed the globe came to the city almost by accident. He scored a job painting the Maple Leaf Bar - and did the work slowly so that he could study t the feet of th musicians who played there. (Rick Koster, Louisiana Music p. xii)
A pianist who plays with the fire of the converted and the intelligence of a free-spirited artist, he learned everything from Booker and Professor Longhair to Dr. John to Little Feat and Robet Palmer .(ibid. p. 95)
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