Music Professor Called Jimi Hendrix 'Untrained' - His Bach Performance BROKE the Professor

March 1969, Berklee College of Music. Professor Harold Whitman had spent 15 years teaching that real musicians must read music, that untrained intuition was limited, that rock stars weren't real artists. When Jimi Hendrix visited his Advanced Music Theory class, the professor saw an opportunity to prove his point about the importance of formal education versus street talent. What happened when Jimi sat down at the piano changed everything the professor believed about musical genius and left 50 students witnessing a moment that would be talked about for decades.