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"Dad’s Andante"
This song is dedicated to my dad. We’re Italian-Americans from the south side of Chicago. My father grew up there in an African American neighborhood. As a child, I heard a lot of Black music in our house. It’s because of my dad that I’m here today doing what I do, and not sitting in a symphony somewhere. This tune is also a salute to Count Basie, a fellow midwesterner (he’s from Kansas City). In my childhood home, we preferred Basie to Duke Ellington.