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Oscar Levant Plays the Mikado
Oscar Levant Plays the Mikado
Oscar Levant Plays the Mikado
Oscar Levant, a pianist, composer, actor, author and quiz-show panelist known for his quick wit, performed at the Mikado Inn in Harmon-on-the-Hudson during 1922 when he was just 16 years old. In his 1965 memoir The Memoirs of an Amnesiac, Levant recalled this formative experience.
He "played the piano in a Japanese roadhouse" while sharing living quarters with approximately 20-30 Japanese waiters in the cellar. The establishment featured a three-piece orchestra on
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