At 14 she went up to Dizzy Gillespie after a concert at the Rising Sun jazz club in her native Montreal, and asked if she could have a go on his instrument-and a lesson.

14岁时，她在家乡蒙特利尔的旭日爵士俱乐部参加完一场音乐会后，去了迪兹·吉莱斯皮那里，问她是否可以演奏一下他的乐器——上一节课。