Maury Deutsch

Through his musical talents he was accepted to Brooklyn College at an extremely young age, but all those plans were put on hold when the war broke out.

In addition to his work there, he also taught many notable musicians such as Charlie Parker, James P. Johnson, Django Reinhardt and: Dr. Deutsch also has "written a method for developing range from C below the bass clef to Triple High C utilizing isotonic and isometric techniques".

Stupidly I decided to take the risk; I asked a friend of mine to shut off all the naval base lights that night as required by law.

Naval Officers immediately investigated the matter and my 'so called' friend, of necessity, had to fully explain where I was that evening.

Although I spent the rest of the night in the 'Naval Detention Center', the connections I made through my performances got me off the hook, but I still vowed to never again disobey naval regulations, which I thankfully never did."