LYLE MAYS
Post-Fusion Contemporary / Post Bop • United States
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Of his four dominant interests - in all of them being a child prodigy - chess, mathematics, architecture (building with LEGO bricks as a kid) and music, the latter developed to be his area of focus. Being the son of musically interested parents - his mother played the piano in church, his father played guitar by ear - he soon was allowed to explore the piano with the help of a teacher, Rose Baron, who was open to letting the kid, who had perfect pitch, improvise after the formal lesson. He soon was playing organ for the church.
At the suggestion of Dan Wheelock, his eighth grade band instructor, he attended summer camps where he met Rich Matteson who first introduced him to important jazz artists. Bill Evans' album 'Live in Montreux' was among his revelations. He attended University of North Texas for its inspiring environment of geeks avid to
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Lyle Mays
Post-Fusion Contemporary
1986
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