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David Kreuter's avatar

Thanks for the sympathetic and deep research. I mean who would make fun of a voice characteristic?

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Lewis Porter's avatar

Exactly!

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Nou Dadoun's avatar

Thanks for the detailed background - I'd always heard that he'd had an operation and was told to avoid using his voice until it had properly healed but got into a shouting match which resulted in permanent damage. Is there any truth to that? ... N

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Lewis Porter's avatar

We're going to discuss that in some detail in Part Two! THANKS

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Henry NYC-ATL Connection's avatar

Per my own comment on this subject, I’ll be very interested in Pt. Deux

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Henry NYC-ATL Connection's avatar

Isn’t it true that Miles made his own bad luck on this by shouting at someone after his surgery, after he was told by the doctor to not speak for several days? Here’s what his natural voice sounded like in 1953: https://youtu.be/5CvG3jEGr9w

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Lewis Porter's avatar

As you've already noted, there will be info about this in Part Two!

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Henry NYC-ATL Connection's avatar

Miles interviewed in 1953 before his vocal problems: https://youtu.be/5CvG3jEGr9w

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