When I was 3 or 4 yrs old, we got one of those flimsy plastic records in the mail from Time Life that had big band clips on it - trying to get you to buy the whole series of albums. I played it on my little record player, and heard Harry James play Sleepy Lagoon - the most incredible thing I'd ever heard! I wanted to play the trumpet imediately, but ended up starting piano at age 8 (hated it!) My mom let me pick up trumpet in 5th grade, got me private lessons the next year, and I've wanted to do nothing but play ever since!
