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Artistic Director – As the artistic director of the

As the artistic director of the Creative Jazz Institute Tidd supports the important collaboration between Philadelphia University of the Arts and the City Kimmel Center, which literally paves the way for a summer program for young musicians. Hodge is perhaps best known as a jazz melting pot bassist named Robert Glasper Experiment. He has toured...

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Amanda Jones – Amanda Jones a singer-songwriter who wrote

Amanda Jones, a singer-songwriter who wrote movies and television songs, was the first African-American woman to receive an Emmy nomination for original music for television. Following in Amanda Jones’ footsteps, the composer “On The Rise Jones” is the first African-American woman to be nominated for an “Original Emmy Music Award” for television. Today Jones is...

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Gang Ronald Bell – From left to right: Robert “Kool” Bell

From left to right: Robert “Kool” Bell Ronald “Khalis” Bell, Dennis “Dee Tee” Thomas and George Brown of Kool & The Gang, who received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in October. Ronald “Halis” Bell, co-founder, composer, saxophonist, singer and producer of Kool & The Gang, died Wednesday morning at his “home” in...

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Newcastle Club Paradise – Something More Personal

Something More Personal reinterprets the original indie rock sound with which “he” created the right crowd of fans, and shows the quartet in a different light, listening to “his” exceptional music that takes them to new heights. The spectrum ranges from the vibrations of eighties synthesizers electrified for “Closer”, to the ecological remix “Teenagers”, to...

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