Topic: Never Too Old to Play Music

[lindy]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/nyregion/fred-staton-jazz-saxophonist-plays-on.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=Moth-Visible&moduleDetail=inside-nyt-region-0&module=inside-nyt-region&region=inside-nyt-region&WT.nav=inside-nyt-region

[Stuart]

Thanks, Lindy. I read it this morning and was going to put it up, but you beat me to it.

[Slack]

"Unable to explain his longevity ? he drank for much of his life and was a smoker until he was 60 ? Mr. Staton said he just kept playing, even with arthritic hands and barely enough strength to practice."

This is indeed a good sign for us all. 

Great article.  I wish they would have included a sound clip.

[lindy]

Great article.  I wish they would have included a sound clip.

Here's Fred playing "That's All" sometime in 2016:

[Slack]

Nice.  Thanks Lindy.