“I heard like three notes and you already know what song it is? Lord,” Alfonsi said. ‘Just A Closer Walk with Thee,'” Whitaker said, identifying a song he heard. But as they walked around, Alfonsi noticed Whitaker was able to cut through the sensory assault and identify songs in seconds. Whitaker, Alfonsi and her crew negotiated their way through the thick roux of humidity, suffocating crowds and the 14 stages of music that often boil over into the fairgrounds. “But, you know, once I started playin’, I felt good.” “Honestly, I was a tiny bit nervous,” Whitaker said. But even with all his talent, Whitaker said he still feels some nerves before a big show. The sheer complexity and spontaneity of his sets make the most seasoned musicians sweat and jazz fans go wild. Whitaker plays with his shoes off so he can feel the pedals and his head turned so he can feel the crowd. Like, this is where jazz started,” Whitaker told 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. This past spring, Whitaker made his first appearance at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. It’s acoustic acrobatics performed over 88 keys and it is not for the faint of heart. Twisting melodies, crafting complex harmonies and improvising at lightning speed. Whitaker doesn’t just play music, he plays with it. He’s been called a prodigy and his talent is so extraordinary he’s also caught the attention of scientists who are now studying his brain and trying to understand his vision of music. Matthew is a jazz pianist who is blind, and since the age of 11, he’s been performing around the world. "he agreement calls for 10 years to life on the sodomy charge and 1-to-15 years on each of the sex abuse charges.Every so often, someone so young does something so amazing you can’t help but wonder, how do they do that? That’s what happened the first time we heard Matthew Whitaker play piano. Update: Brown has plead guilty on all charges. If convicted of the first degree felony, he could face life imprisonment.
suspicious still.īrown is due in court for his first hearing today. Police say there were tire marks indicating that Brown slammed on the brakes, but.
These unsettling allegations come just days after Keith Brown and his wife Lisa were in a serious car accident, in which Brown drove his Porsche "off a 300-foot enbankment into an icy stream." Yikes.
#Sixty minutes child piano prodigy professional#
The children "severed their professional relationship with Keith Brown in October of 2008," dismissing him as their manager. The five Juilliard-trained Brown children (well, some are now in their 30s) have achieved about as much success as a Mormon classical piano quintet can in today's pop-focused world, rising to the top of the Billboard classical music charts, touring the world, and making numerous television appearances, from 60 Minutes to Oprah to The Tonight Show. The alleged abused occurred on several occasions over a period ranging from 1990 to 1998. While the actual court records don't name the victims, a spokesman for the 5 Browns has confirmed that the case involves Brown's three daughters Desirae, Deondra, and Melody. Keith Brown, the father of the popular classical piano quintet The 5 Browns, has been charged in a Utah court with "one first-degree felony count of sodomy on a child and two second-degree felony counts of sexual abuse of a child," according to the AP.
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