Laurindo Almeida discusses his choice to play guitar

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Laurindo Almeida on teaching

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Laurindo Almeida discusses studio work

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Q: “What about teaching – did your mother ensure that you had good teachers?”

A: “Well, there was no such thing in those days, you know. As you know, I'm not, you know, a young chick and there was ... piano teachers, yes, because the piano has been around for much, much longer than the guitar. In those days, the guitar had not even been fully developed.”