After having moved back to the United States and settling in Portland, Oregon, I read in the local paper about a jazz concert benefiting a 17 year old musical prodigy who had earned a scholarship to study at the Berklee College of Music. The accompanying photo showed an itty bitty tiny little skinny girl with big hair playing an even bigger upright bass. I never went to the concert, but I told a friend about it who did. So 10 years later, when Esperanza Spalding won the Grammy for Best New Artist over Justin Beiber, I felt good knowing that I was responsible for this young woman’s success.
