One of my side strange abilities is to hear a good song no matter how it's being performed. Even if you get a bad performance I can still hear that there's a good song.
I grew up in South Africa but like many people at that time I couldn't bear living in the country. The main motivation for moving to Britain was to get away.
In 1962 I wrote for 'Jazz News ' using the pseudonym Manfred Manne which I picked because of a jazz drummer with that name. I later dropped the 'e.'