Another giant. (More specifically, another giant from Philly.)
I got to see him a couple (or so) years ago, at the Library of Congress. Joe Lovano was part of the group. Tyner was offstage for a good portion of the set, and seemed physically feeble when he did come out, shuffling over to the piano. But when he started playing - o gracious! - like thunder! It’s not as though he was crashing his hands down from on high; his fingers were just above the keys. But when he played - BAM!
(This is around the time I started piano lessons, myself - the kids’ instructor gives a discount to parents)
From LoC’s archives - generally, when they have a concert, they display some relevant documents/artifacts:
It’s been awhile, but I recall reading in “GULP” by Mary Roach, that toilet deaths are not that uncommon; depending on your cardio-heath, straining too much during BM has led to heart attacks.
It is indeed common. I have known many people who have died on the toilet.
People hear Elvis died on the toilet and they think “that’s weird”, because they think it’s a weird way to die. It is, but not because he died on the toilet. He died of Hirschsprung’s disease, and back then it was very uncommon for someone with Hirschsprung’s to live that long.
