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First aired 01/21/2009

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MSU Professors of Jazz on BackStage Pass

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Hard bop from jazz bassist Rodney Whitaker and colleagues from the College of Music at Michigan State University. Featuring Sunny Wilkinson, Diego Rivera, Randy Gelispie, Joe Gloss, Rick Roe and T.S. Galloway.

Selections featured include Hop on Pop, Summer, A Heart Enflamed and a Soul Enchanted, Little Giant, You and I, Anthropology.

All compositions by members of MSU Professors of Jazz, except Anthropology, by Charlie Parker.

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A Heart Enflamed
You and I
Summer
Little Giant
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The musicians are: Rodney Whitaker (bass and artistic director), T.S. Galloway (trombone), Joe Gloss (guitar), Randy Gelispie (drums), Diego Rivera (tenor saxophone), Rick Roe (piano), and Sunny Wilkinson (voice).