Reader's Digest copy editor Melissa DeMeo shares the important life lessons she learned from Dad.By Melissa DeMeo 1. Never waste water. 2. Listen to good music, especially jazz. 3. Ella Fitzgerald was a great artist and a nice lady. Duke Ellington was a great artist and an elegant, articulate man. Miles Davis was a great artist but kind of a cuckoo clock. Stan Getz played a sweet sax, Illinois Jacquet played a driving sax, Coleman Hawkins played a rich, warm sax, Flip Phillips played an ene