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		<title>Ravi Coltrane</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ravi Coltrane&#160;is a critically acclaimed and GRAMMY®-nominated saxophonist, bandleader and composer. In the course of a twenty plus year career, Mr. Coltrane has worked as a sideman to many, recorded noteworthy albums for himself and others and founded a prominent independent record label, RKM. Born in Long Island, the second son of&#160;John Coltrane&#160;and&#160;Alice Coltrane, Ravi [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Cécile McLorin Salvant</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cécile McLorin Salvant, is a composer, singer and visual artist. The late Jessye Norman described Salvant as “a unique voice supported by an intelligence and full-fledged musicality, which light up every note she sings.” Salvant has developed a passion for storytelling and finding the connections between vaudeville, blues, theater, jazz, baroque and folkloric music. Salvant [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dan Brubeck</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Drummer Dan Brubeck is the rhythmic force of the DBQ and has toured the international music circuit for more than two decades. He has led his own group, The Dolphins, in addition to performing with the legendary Dave Brubeck Quartet. Dan also plays with the Vancouver-based Dan Brubeck Quartet (DBQ), featuring vocalist/bassist Adam Thomas. The [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Chris Brubeck</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Award-winning composer, orchestral arranger, lyricist and performer, Christopher Brubeck is equally at home playing jazz, rock, classical, funk and folk music, displaying his multiple talents on three instruments. An award-winning composer, Chris has been called “…a 21st Century Leonard Bernstein” by John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune. Chris’s composition, “Vignettes for Nonet,” for woodwind [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Emmet Cohen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:51:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation&#8217;s pivotal figures in music and the related arts. Leader of the Emmet Cohen Trio and creator of the Masters Legacy Series, he is an internationally acclaimed jazz artist, a dedicated educator, the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards and a finalist [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Julian Pollack</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Julian “J3PO” Pollack is a Los Angeles-based pianist/keyboardist and producer described by Timeout New York as a musician who “deftly balances virtuosity with tenderness.” Julian is known for his innovative use of keyboards and synthesizers in jazz, fusion, hip-hop and electronic styles of music. He has toured extensively with the legendary Marcus Miller, as well [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bria Skonberg</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bria Skonberg is a Juno-award winning artist, ten-time Downbeat Rising Star, Jazz at Lincoln Center Swing! Awardee and the 2022 recipient of the &#8220;Legend&#8221; Award by the Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook. The trumpeter, vocalist, and composer has been called the &#8220;shining hope of hot jazz&#8221; (NY Times) and is considered [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Benny Benack III</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By age 33, Emmy-nominated trumpeter and vocalist Benny Benack III has already become a leading voice in Jazz for his generation, headlining clubs and festivals around the world on the heels of his latest critically acclaimed album Third Time’s the Charm, which ascended to #2 on the JazzWeek International Radio Charts in 2023. He is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Payton Crossley</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Drummer Payton Crossley broke into the jazz major leagues at age 20 with the great pianist Ahmad Jamal. From ages 14 to 18, he studied with and received invaluable advice from famed drummer and teacher Alan Dawson — whose students included the innovative Tony Williams. &#160; “Drums allow you to tap into your whole being, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jeff Hamilton</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Drummer Jeff Hamilton has been honing his big band skills since the tender age of 8, earning him a presence on the stage with legends like Ella Fitzgerald, the Count Basie Orchestra, Rosemary Clooney, Monty Alexander&#160;and Diana Krall. Featured in nearly 200 recordings – including 16 GRAMMY® Award-winning titles – with the likes of Natalie [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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