On That Note: A Memoir of Jazz, Tics, and Survival -- Michael Wolff

<strong>FROM TOURETTE'S TO TRIUMPH. FROM CANCER TO CURE. FROM THE SEGREGATED SOUTH TO COMMANDING STAGES AROUND THE WORLD, JAZZ MASTER, MICHAEL WOLFF'S JOURNEY BEGINS WITH PURE GRIT AND ENDS IN PERFECT VICTORY.</strong><p><br></p><p>Award winning jazz musician Michael Wolff's journey nearly ended six years ago at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in lower</p><p>Manhattan. After being worked on by doctors and nurses for most of the night, Wolff, with the perfect timing only a world class</p><p>musician would have, regained consciousness just in time to hear one of the doctors ask his wife if he had a DNR. Before she could even ask what that was, Wolff used his last ounce of energy to gasp, "Resuscitate me!"</p><p><br></p><p>After being treated for the wrong cancer for a year and a half, it was discovered that Wolff had an ultra-rare, untreatable cancer called histiocytic sarcoma and had three months to live. </p><p><br></p><p>Fortunately, he was someone accustomed to surviving the odds.</p><p><br></p><p>Wolff had already survived a painful childhood overshadowed by Tourette's Syndrome, where his brilliance as a jazz pianist</p><p>and passion for music saw him through. He went on the road at nineteen, not only performing with some of the great luminaries of Jazz, but also conducting over twenty-five symphony orchestras worldwide.</p><p><br></p><p>In 1989, Wolff was chosen to be the musical director of Arsenio Hall's groundbreaking late-night talk show, which was extravagantly pr