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It was a muggy, humid day in mid 1980's suburban Houston when Larry Schooler first played a song on a piano--the two-note "Balloon Boy." It would take some time before Larry could manage three notes in a single piece, much less distinguish between black and white keys or time signatures. But that first lesson begat ten more years of lessons and, in 1993, entry into the St. John's School Jazz Band.

It was there--during a jazzy rendition of the Beatles' smash hit "Norwegian Wood"--that Larry first experimented with an improvisatory solo. When applause followed, Larry beamed, and a love for jazz was born. That love went unrequited for a good part of Larry's college career while other academic and extracurricular pursuits took center stage. But in 2003, a listener to WFDD Radio in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, called and asked Larry a question about a song he'd heard earlier (a Herbie Hancock hit). In conversation with the listener, Larry discovered he was a drummer and was in search of a pianist to round out a trio.

After a disastrous debut rehearsal, Larry recovered, and with two other musicians founded "All of Three." They performed several gigs in central North Carolina. "All of Three" disbanded in the summer of 2004 when Larry moved to Austin and co-founded "Three Piece Suit." The summer of 2004 also marked the first time Larry recorded original jazz compositions--a heady challenge.

In his "spare" time, Larry moonlights as a public radio journalist and Jewish educator in Austin.

 

 

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