nathaniel anthony ayers
Jamie Foxx made the transition from funny tough guy actor to dramatic superstar by playing Ray Charles, a musical genius who went blind as a child, but went on to a hugely successful career. In “The Soloist,” Foxx plays a musical genius derailed by the symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia as a young man, and went on to a life on the Los Angeles streets.
The man is Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, a gifted bass and cello player who attended The Juilliard School before his mind betrayed him. Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez, played in the film by Robert Downey Jr., discovered Ayers on the street, researched the homeless musician’s past and published several columns about him. Readers and the Los Angeles Philharmonic responded
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