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comes from someplace else, someplace more truthful than most lips. 'Lips don't play anything,' said Bill
Catalano, the maestro of middle school, laying down his baton to impart a great truth. 'You're the one that plays. Not the instrument, the lips, the mouth or the fingers. You.' He leaned forward and grabbed his gut. 'Play from here,' he said."
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trumpet player to their gigs and challenge him to follow their lead in a constant trial by fire. By the age of 15, Catalano had already played hundreds of professional gigs, which ingrained a knowledge of the
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