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. ♪ the featured piece in the performance was gershwin's "rhapsody in blue," a challenging piece for ...not to mention one who is blind and needs to handle intricate back-and-forths with the orchestra without the benefit of seeing the conductor. >> ockelford: you could almost physically sense the connection between him and the orchestra and the audience. ( playing "rhapsody in blue" ) the immense musicality and the power of his musical communication was just fantastic. >> stahl: and you think he's aware of that? >> ockelford: i think derek's learning about emotion through music, which, of course, is the reverse way around for most of us. >> stahl: and as we have discovered with derek, there's always something more. tonight, he was performer and, with a little help from the audience, composer. >> ockelford: first note? >> a "c." >> ockelford: second note? >> a b-flat. >> stahl: derek offered to create an original piece of music on the spot from three notes called out at random. >> ockelford: so, we've got c, b-flat, f-sharp. ( plays notes ) >> derek: f-sharp. >> ockelford: can you do

he was entirely blind by the age of 13 but learned gerschwin's rhapsody in blue by using braille scores. he was also one of the major instrumentalists of the feeling -- many of you recollected remember -- the thrilling sound of the 50's that blended the latin bolero with the latin sound. the second was chico, we like always to put these little names to people. my name is carlotta but my real name was charlotte and they called me carlotica, little charlotte. he moved to new york city in 1948, where benny goodman hire him and he became very famous in new york at the time and he died in new york in 2001. one of the pieces of my ticket to ride is how many cubans of irish ancestry are there. because this connected to my family, that's why i wanted to read it to you. in the 40's, my father moved to new york in search of his destiny. he learned to make brillantine in red, blue and golden colors to give a beautiful sheen to the hair. in his spare time, when he could break free from his alchemist's captive vit, he would go listen to cuban music at the park plaza hotel in manhattan. those were ha