Back when Matt Nemeth was a student at Koda Middle School in Clifton Park, he tried his hand at jazz. He had started piano lessons at age 5, so he already knew his way around the keyboard. But jazz.

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The much lauded Golden Globe winner La La Land is released in the UK on Friday. Ryan Gosling stars in it as a jazz musician and plays all the piano music on screen after intensive training. Today asks ...