He shared the results with Whitaker, who said that the results show his love for music. "It's borrowing that part of the brain and rewiring it to help him hear music," Limb said. When he put a soundtrack that Whitaker is familiar with, called the Snarky Puppy, his visual cortex that was not stimulated by sight is being activated to see music. But that was not the case when music was played. Limb noticed no activity in Whitaker's visual cortex when he was listening to lectures.
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At the same time, he gave Whitaker a small keyboard and asked him to play.įurthermore, Whitaker also underwent a series of auditory tests where he listened to lectures and music. He brought Whitaker to take an MRI test at the University of California, San Francisco. Charles Limb, who studies how exceptionally talented musicians' brains work. His amazing achievements caught the attention of neuroscientists, including Dr. Since then, he has been playing the piano in 200 clubs around the world.ĪLSO READ: The Story of the World's Fastest Human Calculator and His Fractured Skull His first international gig was in Capri, Italy, where he impressed everyone, even seasoned jazz musicians. His parents, Moses and May Whitaker said that even before Matthew learned to talk, the pianist already has an exceptional ear for music.
Besides, even with the thick crowd and 14 stages of music that often fades into the fairgrounds, Whitaker can still cut through the sensory assault and identify songs just seconds after hearing the music. The sets he played were so complex and spontaneous that even seasoned jazz musicians sweat and jazz fans go wild.ĭespite his talent, Whitaker said that he still feels nervous before a big show, but then it starts to go away as soon as he begins playing the piano.
He described the experience as amazing, given that jazz music started there.Īccording to a CBS news report, the jazz pianist plays the piano with his shoes off to feel the pedals, and his head turned so he can feel the crowd. By that time 'Blind Tom'as the unsighted enslaved child was billed professionally by his white master-manager. Whitaker made his first appearance at the New Orleans Jazz Festival in the past spring. Eleven-year-old piano prodigy and composer Thomas Greene Wiggins Bethune (1849-1908) is believed to have been the first African American artist to perform at the White House when he played for President James Buchanan in 1860. Matthew Whitaker: The Amazing Blind Pianist
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