Feeling The Music

WBZ's Jordan Rich says this teacher is visually impaired, but it never stopped him from creating music.

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Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the Upside with Jordan adose of good news because it's a big
world out there. Here's the storyof a teacher, Matt Wimoler in Tampa,
Florida, who has an obvious disability. He's visually impaired, but it's
never stopped Matt from both enjoying musicand sharing it with eager students. When
he was a boy, he learnedto read braille, but it was difficult
to find braille music, so hewent with his instincts and his natural ear

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and talent for music and developed skillsas a jazz sax player. Not only
has he entertained many with that,but he's also become a successful teacher at
the Patel Conservatory in Tampa, wherehe teaches kids to truly feel the music,
to improv as only jazz players can, creating something magical. The kids
love learning from Matt, and heis one heck of a teacher. Not
to mention a sax player talk aboutmusic from the heart. All in all,

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a beautiful jam and that's the upsidewith Jordan WZ Boston's news Radio