My piano background.

I come from a family of pianists. My older brother Jeremy does it by ear.

My twin brother Stephen studied classical piano. Took some jazz lessons. My maternal grandmother Ruth Crawshaw studied briefly with George Martin. She was an excellent accompanist/teacher. Pippa, my Mum, got fairly good but dropped out of high school. Pippa sang nightclub music and jazz accompanying herself. She also sang in jazz choirs. Pippa has a very strong contralto. I can read piano music, but can't do RH/LH independence unless it's improv.

Jeremy encouraged me to put all the music school chords in the jam band sound.