ARCHIE SHEPP DISCOVERS JAZZ [:60] RUFFIN: NOW A JAZZ MOMENT ARCHIE SHEPP STARTED TAKING PIANO LESSONS AT THE AGE OF 12, BUT THE FUTURE HORN BLOWER—AND NEA JAZZ MASTER—KNEW STRAIGHT- AWAY CLASSICAL MUSIC WASN’T HIS THING.  Begin the Beguine very low SHEPP: My music teacher, Ms. Rambo, had a hard time getting me to practice my piano because I was totally taken with the music that my father played for me on the radio. Begin the Beguine up and under SHEPP: He liked Duke Ellington and Count Basie. He listened to Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman. He listened to everybody. By the age of 13, I knew I wanted to play this music, but I suppose I was more into boogie-woogie than anything. Back Bay Shuffle up, under SHEPP: Jazz was really the thing. Excerpt of “Begin the Beguine” composed by Cole Porter and performed by Artie Shaw, used by permission of Warner Chappell Music, Inc. [ASCAP] and “Back Bay Shuffle” composed by Teddy McRae and Artie Shaw, used by permission of Music Sales Corp and RYTOVC Inc. [ASCAP]. Both songs from the album, The Essential Artie Shaw, used courtesy of Sony Masterworks.