Accompanying their church choir, a young pianist named John Stephens, later known as John Legend, and his brother were a two-person orchestra. “I didn’t have bass or guitar or anything playing with me ...
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Paul McCartney entered the '70s with the Beatles in his rearview window. They'd obviously be quite an act to follow. Then ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — ...