So last Tuesday my six year old daughter finished her third piano lesson. She was clearly loving it and showing quite a bit of natural ability. When I went home that night, my wife and I decided that we needed to get her something to practice on. We were thinking a desktop keyboard, something small to start with. Just for the hell of it, I checked Craig’s List and came across a fresh post for an upright piano. The best part, it was for $150 delivered! Not only that, the piano was tuned perfectly. On Wednesday morning, I took my daughter to school and an hour later, the piano was delivered. Needless to say, when she came home from school that afternoon, she was so excited. It was like Christmas, only better, because it was so unexpected.
This weekend I set the DVR to tape Diana Krall Live in Paris from 2001. This has long been one of my favorite Jazz CDs. I’ve listened to it literally hundreds of times. However, I’d never seen this concert film. When my daughter came down stairs this morning, we sat together and I told her I had something to show her. I hit play, and we watched this, the opening song,
The look on my daughter’s face was priceless. Her eyes were as big as saucers. What an inspiration it was for her to see a “girl”, as she put it, playing piano like that! It was just a great moment, and a reminder what an influence people like musicians and athletes have on young people. Diana Krall, you’ve touched a six year old and inspired her. Now please don’t go and get busted for taking steroids!