Revealed: Notorious BIG's secret jazz education

Saxophonist claims he introduced a young Biggie Smalls to the work of Cannonball Adderley, Charlie Parker and Ella FitzgeraldDid Notorious BIG learn his flow from Cannonball Adderley? One of the late rapper's former neighbours, saxophonist Donald Harrison, claims to have introduced him to the work of jazz giants including Adderley, Charlie Parker and Ella Fitzgerald, teaching the teenage Biggie about diction, phrasing and scat techniques."The first time I spoke with Chris, the Notorious BIG, he ...

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