American pianist Leon Bates has handed away on the age of 76.
Born in Philadelphia, Bates turned drawn to the piano on the age of 6 after his kindergarten instructor performed for the category. Initially excelling at each violin and piano, he studied on the Settlement Music Faculty, and later at Temple College. Bates went on to seem on the world’s most prestigious phases. Bates was a bodybuilder, a self-discipline which he claimed enhanced his focus and endurance onstage.
Leon Bates made quite a few preparations of the songs of George Gershwin. Right here is his soulful and virtuosic 1989 recording of The Man I Love:
