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Larry Koenigsberg
Since: 1998 | Position: Contributor | Location: Eugene | Page Views: 7,645 
About Me
Musician, former DJ, reader with wide interests, hiker, mushroomer, worked as an engineer.
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My Jazz Story
I was exposed to jazz primarily by my high school classmates, some of whom had careers as jazz musicians. And many others were fans and/or
other sorts of musicians, who put me on to a lot. I didn't much understand jazz until I had a few lessons on piano, an instrument that I did not play at
all until I was 20 or so, from my neighbor Nancy Guy — I owe her so much! But once I could play lead sheets and improvise on them, rudimentarily
to be sure, it all made sense to me. I also had a couple of piano lessons each from Meredith D'Ambrosio (at the time living in Eugene) and my son,
Toby Koenigsberg.
I had about twenty years experience as a volunteer DJ on KLCC/Eugene, initially classical music and then jazz. This introduced me to many artists of
whom I'd known little or nothing previously, like Jeanne Lee, Walt Dickerson, Paul Bley. I modeled my shows on the album title "From Ragtime to
No Time." My son and his wife gave me a subscription to the old Cadence Review: Jazz & Blues / Creative Improvised Music, which deepened my
acquaintance with the discography and the performers's voices.
My House Concert Story
Favorite Places to See Jazz
Theme Song
Playlist
This page was last updated on 2026-07-02.
