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Jon Irabagon Searches the Saxophone for the New and the Now, Alone and Together
Consumed with curiosity, the child’s eyes and mind absorbed his aunt’s hand movements as she played Chopin on the piano. How, he wondered, did she play different tempos at the same time? This fascination led him to play piano, before the alto saxophone attracted his attention in the fifth grade.