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Saxophonist, recording artist, composer, and educator Grant Langford lives in New York City. Since 2005 Grant has been touring as a regular member of the Count Basie Orchestra. Mr. Langford was the first recipient of the 2003 Young Lion award by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium. He has performed as a leader and as a sideman in the U.S. and abroad with the Ray Charles Orchestra, TS Monk Tentet, Eric Reed Quintet, Sean Thomas Quartet, Dave Gibson Quintet, the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra, Kent Glenn-Putter Smith Quartet and The Brooklyn Soul Organization. Mr. Langford has also taught at the University of Colorado at Boulder Mile High Jazz Camp for two summers. Grant recieved his Bachelor's Degree from the New England Conservatory of Music and his teachers have included Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Charlie Banacas, Danilo Perez, George Russell, Fred Haas, and Allan Chase

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USAF Airmen of Note: Aim High/The 2024 Jazz Heritage Series

Read "Aim High/The 2024 Jazz Heritage Series" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 15, 2024

Aim High, recorded as part of the 2024 Jazz Heritage Series, is the forty-sixth album by the U.S. armed services' premier jazz ensemble, the Airmen of Note, founded in 1950 to honor the tradition of Major Glenn Miller's Army Air Corps dance band, which entertained the troops during World War II until Miller's untimely death in ...

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Jump Children

By Scott Silbert

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Jump Children; Annie Laurie; In a Persian Market; Jumpin’ Punkins; Edna; Tootsie’s Rag; I Want a Roof (Over My Head); Dusk; Lullaby in Rhythm; 11:60 P.M.; Down for Double; Chloe; Shipyard Ramble; She’s Crazy with the Heat; Stompin’ at the Savoy.

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Vital Frequencies featuring Chris Potter

By Ben Patterson

Label: Bonecat
Released: 2016
Track listing: 1. Treachery 2. Inexorable 3. Home 4. To the TOP 5. Anxiously Awaiting 6. I Love You 7. My One and only Love 8. The Happy Dance 9. Que Tenga Sabor 10. Vital Frequencies

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Uptown Suite

By Marcus Persiani

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2010
Track listing: Little Chunky; Basta Ya Basta Blues; Stoney Island; Waltz for Carmen Miranda; La Mer Viper; Secrets; Mineret; Prairie Style; Shell Reading.

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Marcus Persiani: Uptown Suite

Read "Uptown Suite" reviewed by Leonard Epstein

by Leonard Epstein
October 2, 2010

Hailing from Chicago, Marcus Persiani has largely managed to escape the limelight, while establishing himself in New York City as an in-demand leader and sideman. The pianist's debut as a leader, Uptown Suite, could be called a manifesto of his considerable and diverse musical abilities, a complete disc of original compositions reflecting a collage of personal ...

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