CHOK KERONG
PIANO, ORGAN, KEYBOARD
How did you first become interested in jazz?
One of my early piano teachers Eugene Dairianathan showed me a score of Chick Corea’s Spain. Inspired by what I heard when I tried to play it, I went to a CD store to look for a recording of the song. That was the real start of my relationship with this music genre. I think I was drawn to it because it was somewhat closer to what I was hearing on popular radio at the time.
How do you balance staying true to the original while adding your personal touch to the music?
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