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Ray Callender was born in Winfield, Illinois. The son of Charles Callender, a Chicago trumpeter and craftsman at Schilke Music Products, his love for his instrument began at an early age. However, his love for the music didn't develop until early high school, sparked by a double-sided tape of Kind of Blue and Jazz at Massey Hall; he was instantly hooked. Callender began to study the masters, especially Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, and Miles Davis, and his diligence earned him numerous honors while still in high school, including “Best Soloist” at the Chicago Area Jazz Festival, “Outstanding Soloist” at the Rolling Meadows Jazz Festival, and the 1996 Louis Armstrong Jazz Award. Callender graduated Cum Laude from the University of North Florida jazz program where he studied with the legendary Bunky Green. He performed with and composed for the top jazz ensemble and combo and was a featured soloist on UNF's Down Beat award-winning albums, Things To Come, Second Thoughts, and Through His Eyes, as well as recording with notable pianist/educator Dr. Keith Javors on his 2004 Zoho Records release, Mo' City Jungle.

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These Are The Times

By Sanifu Hall

Label: AljoniMusiCo
Released: 2026
Track listing: These Are the Times (Cosmos Dwellerz “theme”); Sky Trane; Sanifu’s Chant (Adoration); The Great Expanse Dance; Soft Spirit(s) (A Sanifunic Suite); Sanifu’s Chant (Jubilation).

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Along the Way

By Clarence Hines

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: In Transit; Carry On; A Tad of Thad; April Green; All This Time; Altered States; Evening Song; What's Up With That?

Song of the Day

Altered States

November 12, 2026

Album: Along the Way
By Clarence Hines
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 08:27

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Larry Wilson - Our Thing (The Music of Joe Henderson)

By Ray Callender

Label: Wilson Music
Released: 2019

Article: Album Review

Mica Bethea: Suite Theory

Read "Suite Theory" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
April 16, 2018

If nothing else is known about Mica Bethea, it should be clearly understood that he has never been one to brush aside or turn away from a challenge. When Bethea was twenty-one years old and a student / musician at the University of North Florida, a horrendous auto accident left him a quadriplegic. For most people, ...

Article: Interview

Mica Bethea: Quintessential Band Geek

by Barbara Salter Nelson
January 29, 2018

It's Sunday afternoon. Mica Bethea rolls into the Cue Note Billiard Room in Palm Coast, Florida. The 34-year old arranger, composer, bandleader and entrepreneur has arrived for Cue Notes weekly Sunday Afternoon Jazz Rendevous. Bethea (sounds like 'buffet') is the “Note" part of Cue Note, which he co-owns with partner and pool guru John ...

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Larry Wilson - No Secrets, No Lies

By Ray Callender

Label: Wilson Jazz
Released: 2016

News: Festival

North East Florida Jazz Association To Host Jazz Festival

April 1, 2012

The North East Florida Jazz Association (NEFJA) is celebrating their 25th anniversary by presenting a one-day Jazz Festival featuring some of the best national and local musicians on the jazz scene today. The Jazz Festival will be from 1:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at the Ormond Beach Center for the Performing Arts. ...

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