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Ahmad Jamal

Celebrated pianist-composer Ahmad Jamal continues his performance schedule around the world, as he has for well over the last four decades. Noted for his outstanding technical command and identifiable sound as a piano stylist, Mr. Jamal was born on July 2, 1930, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A child prodigy who began to play the piano at the age of three, he began formal studies at age seven. While in high school, he completed the equivalent of college master classes under the noted African-American concert singer and teacher Mary Cardwell Dawson and pianist James Miller.

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Makoto

There are at least two artist with name Makoto: 1. Based in Tokyo, Makoto Shimizu, better known as simply Makoto, is Japan's chief Drum & Bass ambassador. After completing an Acoustic Engineering major at Nippon University, Makoto first signed with LTJ Bukem's legendary Good Looking Records back in 1999.
Since then he has gone from strength to strength, releasing a long string of quality music in the form of singles and EP's, but also on the famous 'Earth' and 'Progression Sessions' compilation albums.

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Egberto Gismonti

Egberto Amin Gismonti (born December 5, 1947 in Carmo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a composer, guitarist and pianist. Gismonti began his formal music studies at the age of six on piano. After studying music for 15 years, he went to Paris to study orchestration and analysis with Nadia Boulanger and the composer Jean Barraqué, a disciple of Arnold Schönberg and Anton Webern. After his return to Brazil, Gismonti began to explore other musical genres.

Read more about Egberto Gismonti on Last.fm.

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Kombo

Kombo is:
Ron Pedley:
Hammond C3 Organ, Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer Electric Pianos, Acoustic Piano, Muted Trumpet, Loops
Jon Pondel:
Electric and Acoustic Basses With:
Matt Bissonette: Electric and Acoustic Basses
Steve Ferrone: Drums
Randy Drake: Drums
Luis Conte: Percussion
Sharon Hendrix: Vocals
Everette Harp: Tenor
Stan Martin: Trumpet
Scott Martin: Tenor
Nick Lane: Trombone
Mike Faue: Vibes

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Jessie Malakouti

Jessie Malakouti began her career by joining the DIDC Hip Hop Dance Crew at age 12. She toured nationally with them, winning several awards including the 2003 Urban Jam National Scholarship. This opened the door for Malakouti to dance in music videos for major artists like Nick Cannon, and P!nk, and act in commercials for Verizon Wireless, and Powerade. In 2005 Malakouti formed the band 'Shut Up Stella' and signed a record deal with Epic Records, a division of Sony Music. Shut Up Stella recorded several songs, one of which ("Welcome to My Party") appeared in the 2008 film Baby Mama.

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Clarity

1) Clarity is the name of an Australian clarinet quartet whose members are Nicole Canham, Lisa Manning, Matthew O'Keeffe and Samantha Kelson. 2) Clarity is a UK hip hip MC signed to Kratekrusaders/Outtatown records. His first album, "The Propaganda Pulse", is available for free download - http://www.kratekrusaders.com/free-downloads.html 3) Clarity is a London based pop/rock duo whose members are Alex Wahls and Markus Lanser. You can find more information on their homepage - www.clarity-music.com

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Mark Murphy

Mark Murphy (b. 1932) is an American jazz singer based in New York. He is most noted for his vocalese and vocal improvisations with both melody and lyrics. He is the recipient of the 1996, 1997, 2000, and 2001 Down Beat magazine readers jazz poll for Best Male Vocalist of the Year, and is also the recipient of six Grammy award nominations for Best Vocal Jazz Performance. He is also famous for his original lyrics to the jazz classics "Stolen Moments" and "Red Clay".

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