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Ron James

Ron James has been playing and teaching professionally for over 20 years in AZ, the Southwest and the Northwest. He studied percussion performance at Northern AZ University and has worked with many prominent musicians such as Joel DiBartolo (Tonight Show Band) and Emillio Castillo (Tower of Power) and has toured Europe, Asia, and the U.S. extensively playing New Orleans Jazz fest, House of Blues, Playboy Jazz fest. and much more. Ron has appeared on more than 40 recording projects playing drums, bass, singing, and arranging. Presently, Ron plays with Muskellunge, Chuck Hall, his own jazz project Giant Steps, Dave Logan Band, and many more. Ron prides himself as one of the most versatile drummers in the Southwest.....and one of the busiest!

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Fred Hersch = Lebron James?

Fred Hersch = Lebron James?

Source: Inverted Garden by Eric Benson

Fred at the piano is like LeBron James on the basketball court. He's perfection. – Jason Moran

David Hajdu's recent New York Times Magazine profile of pianist Fred Hersch is an odd amalgam of hyperbolic praise (above), made-up trends ("A new movement in jazz has surfaced over the past few years—a wave of highly expressive music more concerned with emotion than with craft or virtuosity"), and out-of-the-blue pot-shots ("Fred's ego is enormous.") That said, there's a pretty moving ...

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