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Alvin Atkinson, Jr., six-time Jazz Ambassador, drummer, bandleader and Jazz educator, has traveled the globe performing America’s classical music. As an ambassador of jazz, Atkinson possesses the characteristics of a diplomat whether he’s performing in front of a large audience in Saudi Arabia, working with college students in Jordan, or working with middle school children in New York City. Atkinson formed Alvin Atkinson and the Sound Merchants in New York City in 2004. The group combines jazz and blues influences with inflections of various rhythms and melodies from around the world. The group's first recording project, Alvin Atkinson and the Sound Merchants, received nominations for "Best International Jazz Song" from the First Annual 2007 Toronto Exclusive Magazine Awards and "Best Jazz Song" from the Seventh Annual Independent Music Awards in 2007 for the composition “Dance of the Emirates.” In 2007 and 2008, Alvin Atkinson and the Sound Merchants, traveled to the Middle East and Russia

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Message From Saturn

By Eli Yamin

Label: Jazz Power Initiative
Released: 2016
Track listing: A Healing Song; Departure Overture; Mary Lou Williams; How Do I Play Harmonica; Skimming the Atmosphere; Message From Saturn; Milky way to The Big Bang; Bebe’s Theme; Music Holds the Key; Traveling The Milky Way; Earth Stomp; traveling The Milky Way To Water; Ocean Swing; Traveling The Milky Way To Air; You can Call Me Louise; Into The Fire; Blues Theme; Mournful Travel; Key To The Night Sky; Mournful Travel Variation; Big Nancy Blues.

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You Can't Buy Swing

By Eli Yamin

Label: Yamin Music LLC
Released: 2008
Track listing: I Want To Be A Teacher You Can’t Buy Swing Getting Somewhere Well, You Better Not Bop to Normal Rwandan Child Just One Katiana’s New Start Jacquet’s Meditation Waltz On the Hudson In Walked Barry

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