About
Jazz artist known as the Wild Man of Mindanao for his fingerwork and for "attacking" the piano with elbows, wrists, and (finally) hands.
Before Fame
He was entirely self-taught until a base legal officer at the U.S. Air Force Officers Club in Tainan, Taiwan, enrolled him in a Berklee School of Music correspondence course. He finished the course in two weeks.
Trivia
He converted to Christianity in 1993 and quickly applied his musical abilities to the traditional hymnal.
Family Life
He married his wife Barbara with whom he had six daughters and two sons.
Associated With
He was a skilled martial artist who was known for his reflexes. Some said he may have been faster than Bruce Lee.
