Around 2005, our son Justin worked as a freelance composer and mix engineer in Miami, Florida. During that time, Justin worked with world-class keyboardist and songwriter Eddie Montilla. Eddie has a long list of clients who include Queen Latifah, Nelly, Luis Fonsi, Madonna, Gloria Estefan, Shakira, Diana Ross, and many more.
Over the years, Eddie would visit to collaborate with Justin on music projects. During his first visit, Eddie in a very polite manner wanted to test Barbara’s skills of perfect pitch and sightreading. Every visit started out with a test of these two skills. A music selection was randomly picked from our large piano music library; Barbara would look it over for about 20 seconds and then perform it like she had practiced it for several hours.
Here is a selection Eddie recorded on his phone in 2010. Eddie and Barbara always respected the extraordinary piano they both brought to the world of music performance.