Blog Assignment #11 -Jazz and Joey

Hearing Joey’s story and seeing him perform was not just impressive but inspiring. His ability to improvise is not uncommon, but completely unique; it comes from an innate ability and hours upon hours of hard work. Talent isn’t something you can measure or compare; it varies from individual to individual. Joey was able to command a stage full of experienced musicians and capture and audience’s attention while never receiving any official training and while being twelve years old; most adults could not accomplish what he did. I haven’t met anyone in my life so far who could pull off something like this, but I do know that there are extraordinary individuals like Joey out there, all with unique and inspiring talents to share with the world.