as a kid, chopin is, you know, my initial love, and then scriabin is like a... 2.0 chopin. you. i hope i didn't ruin what you can do. i was really, really happy. like, especially when he played so loud. i'm in london to share my passion for music i'm jeneba kanneh—mason. when i started, i was three years old, and i think it was because i had four older siblings who were playing around the house. i'm playing the second movement of scriabin�*s sonata no. 2. alexander scriabin was a russian composer, and he was very influenced by chopin's music. the pieces are all very sensuous. as a kid, chopin is, you know, my initial love, and then scriabin is like a... 2.0 chopin. hello. um, mm, ithink it's almost too comfortable. show a little bit of that, uh, almost like demented, devilish obsession. i think the secret is in the left hand. bum—bum—bum—bum—bum—bum—bum—bum —bum—bum—bum. much more like the dark side is coming out. what if every note is a crescendo? just... no pedal. wait, you're too musical, like... i think she wanted me to take more risks and just be even more extreme with

chopping chopin. it's been 256 years.n new orleans, you're in conversation with it. you molded and you add to it. it won't revoke anything that exists. it's only adding to the continuum of human creativity, baby. >> stephen: other voices. other hands. you were a bandleader here for seven years. now you're in the film "saturday night." just came out this fall. you played billy preston. here you are. billy preston. >> jon: william everett preston. >> stephen: x ordinary man in his own right. did you ever see the beatles documentary? that peter jackson put together? that moment when billy preston, they are all bumping up against each other. not hostility but there's feelings not being expressed and they are aren't necessarily about the music. the management, not necessarily the music. billy preston watson and you see oxygen come into the room. you see they are all in their best behavior and their think about the music and they want to be good for him. can one person make that much of a difference in the room? for you, who wo

. >> just imagine that wagner was here or chopin or somebody. giggs is very modest, which is cool.t is wild, right? >> that's the london, you know what i'm saying, modesty. >> what is that about? we're different in new york. did somebody say it out loud, you don't get too big or unstated british vibe? >> that's just the vibe. we're just more cool. >> very cool. >> it goes together well though. >> i love that. giggs, your first time on "the beat," i hope you come back man, thanks for coming through. take your lighter. ghter. roat me, uniquely formulated for rapid relief that lasts and lasts. that's my babyyy! try our new sugar-free cough drops. instasoooooothe! hey, grab more delectables. try our new sugar-free cough drops. you know, that lickable cat treat? de-lick-able delectables? yes, just hurry. hmm. it must be delicious. the promise of this delnation should extendeat. to all from new york to new mexico, from alaska to alabama. but right now, people like you are losing their freedoms. some in power are suppressing voting rights. banning our kids books from libraries and attacki

but armed with influences ranging from chopin to ray charles, joel set out for a life in music.ider becoming a professional musician. it was my chorus teacher in high school. i was cutting class one day, i would go to the music room and i was trying to play tchaikovsky's first piano concerto. ♪♪ and he goes, you don't really know that piece, do you? i said, no, i don't. i'm just doing it by ear. i said, please don't report me. he goes, i'll tell you what, if you join my music history class, i won't say anything. so i said, deal. >> reporter: joel played in local bands before stepping out on his own. and becoming a star with a 1973 song written from his observations while singing in a piano lounge. that's from that era where you were in l.a.? >> bill martin at the keyboards. it was will sharon western, like a bar, a neighborhood bar, i paid to rent for a while. ♪♪ ♪ for the longest time ♪ >> reporter: over two decades, joel wrote and recorded 12 albums. selling more than 160 million records. earning six grammys and a spot in the rock & roll hall of fame. ♪ in the middle of the ni