HE LOOKS LIKE Harry Potter. He plays jazz piano like Thelonious Monk. And his brain is like a supercomputer spinning a whole lot faster than yours is right now.
Matt Savage is, in short, a wonder, and he’s just 13 years old.
An acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, Matt was diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder, a high-functioning form of autism, when he was 3 years old.
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