Brazilian piano legend plays again thanks to 'magic' gloves

by Associated Press
| January 22, 2020 4:05 PM

SAO PAULO (AP) — Days before Christmas, acclaimed pianist João Carlos Martins ran to a Sao Paulo bar to show off his new gloves to friends. They were seemingly magical, enabling the 79-year-old to play songs with both hands for the first time in 21 years.

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