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What was Gary Peacock's earliest experiences with music?

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Peacock began playing music as a child, studying piano in elementary school and taking up the drums as a teenager. He still considered himself a pianist and drummer when he entered the Westlake School of Music in Los Angeles in 1952, where he left after only six months.

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