Soul singer Aretha
Franklin has recruited a new pianist to join her touring ensemble after he
impressed her at an international music competition on Sunday
(11Sep11).
The Respect hitmaker made a surprise
appearance at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano
Competition in Washington, D.C. to check out the event's talent, and she was so
taken by student Kris Bowers, she asked her manager to escort the semi-finalist
off to a quiet corner so she could offer him a job.
A source
tells the New York Post, "She told him she
would like him to be her piano player from now on. Kris ended up winning the
whole competition, so Aretha knows how to pick 'em." - http://www.contactmusic.com/news/aretha-franklin-recruits-new-pianist-at-jazz-competition_1245472
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