US jazz musician views handicap as blessing, not burden
By Ricci Shryock | China Daily | Updated: 2011-12-30 08:13
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Jazz saxophonist Ben Britton (left) and trumpet player John Britton sharing a laugh. John Britton was born with all 10 of his fingers cut off below his first knuckle after the umbilical cord wrapped around his hands. The Britton Brothers / Franklin Withers / AFP |
WASHINGTON - One of the most crucial abilities of any jazz musician is to improvise, and that is exactly what John Britton has done - not just onstage - but throughout his life.
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