Word: shedroff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Coleman. "But he wasn't a direct teacher or mentor," says Joshua, who, remarkably, taught himself by playing along with old records while growing up in Berkeley, California. Dewey moved to New York City before Joshua was born and never saw much of his son. Joshua's mother, Renee Shedroff, an amateur dancer, put food on the table by working as a librarian, and had time to encourage her son to experiment with guitar and piano...
...about this time next year, Shedroff anticipates a time of reckoning, when he will choose either to continue pursuing his dream of becoming a jazz saxophonist or taking up Yale's offer and becoming a lawyer...
...Shedroff also credits his musical success to his upbringing in Berkeley, long a friendly environment for musicians. The school district nurtures hopeful musicians at early ages with jazz bands at the fourth and fifth-grade levels and has produced, in the past, several well-known jazz players. Despite such an encouraging environment, though, Shedroff admits that his work ethic while in high school left more than a little to be desired...
...never took my horn home," he confesses. "I didn't really start playing jazz until I got out here." Although his high school jazz band won state competitions in California, Shedroff ascribes their success to that fact that "we were a little bit less clueless than the rest of them...
...through high school and to this day, Shedroff has never taken formal music lessons. "To learn jazz, you listen to records and learn from the masters," he explains...