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David Thompson started playing the piano when he was ten. After several years of classical lessons, he stopped studying formally. As he moved through his teens, he began to develop an interest in jazz. He started listening to groups headed by such artists as Horace Silver, Art Blakey, and Lee Morgan. After several years of listening to and being inspired by such pianists as Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner, Jack Wilson, Ahmad Jamal, George Shearing, Billy Taylor, and Denny Zeitlin, Dave discovered the playing of Bill Evans. "I remember returning from a trip to New York, and thinking it was time to find a new pianist to listen to, someone I hadn't yet discovered for myself

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