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

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Exactly!

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Sep 8, 2022Liked by Lewis Porter

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

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

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

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

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