Verne Langdon (September 15, 1941 - January 1, 2011) was born in Oakland, California to a musical family; his mother was staff First Cellist with NBC radio in San Francisco, his father played violin, and to complete the musical history, Verne's uncle was famed jazz cornetist, bandleader Ernest Loring "Red" Nichols (Red Nichols and The Five Pennies). By age two Verne was climbing up on the piano bench and duplicating melodies; by age 12 he was studying classical piano with Thomas Ryan, then head of the Music Department at San Jose State University.

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