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	<title>Episode 19 &#8211; Mark Ruffin</title>
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	<title>Episode 18 &#8211; Bria Skonberg</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2021 19:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Episode 17: Carmen Bradford</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2021 19:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Episode 16: Brad Goode</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2021 19:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[A multi-instrumentalist and composer who performs on trumpet, bass and drums, Brad Goode is recognized as a unique stylist with a highly creative approach to improvisation. He has recorded on many jazz albums, including 18 as a leader for the Delmark, Sunlight, SteepleChase and Origin labels. Brad Goode earned a BM degree in classical trumpet [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>Episode 15: Mary Jo Papich</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 15:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Known for her avid support and leadership in arts education, Mary Jo Papich is a co-founder and first president of the Jazz Education Network (June 1, 2008) which has membership in all U.S. states and 22 countries.&#160; Through her efforts in JEN Outreach over 50,000 people have experienced America’s art form.&#160; She is the founder/artistic [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Known for her avid support and leadership in arts education, Mary Jo Papich is a co-founder and first president of the Jazz Education Network (June 1, 2008) which has membership in all U.S. states and 22 countries.&#160; Through her efforts in JEN Outrea]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Episode 14: Kobie Watkins</title>
	<link>https://therealdealjazz.com/podcast/episode-14-kobie-watkins/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 15:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[A native of Chicago, Illinois, Kobie began as a small child listening and watching his father (Alious C. Watkins) playing drums in the church. Kobie started with pots and pans as a toddler. Yet over time he has developed a personal system of timely discipline and structure for music and life skill. He has progressed [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A native of Chicago, Illinois, Kobie began as a small child listening and watching his father (Alious C. Watkins) playing drums in the church. Kobie started with pots and pans as a toddler. Yet over time he has developed a personal system of timely disci]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Episode 13: Frank Alkyer</title>
	<link>https://therealdealjazz.com/podcast/episode-13-frank-alkyer/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 14:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Regarded as one of the world&#8217;s biggest advocates of jazz education,&#160;DownBeat&#160;magazine publisher Frank Alkyer has dedicated his professional life to keeping this uniquely American musical genre alive and thriving. A native of northeast Ohio with a lifelong passion for music, Alkyer joined&#160;DownBeat&#160;in 1989 as editorial director. As publisher, a role he has held since 2003, [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Regarded as one of the world&#8217;s biggest advocates of jazz education,&#160;DownBeat&#160;magazine publisher Frank Alkyer has dedicated his professional life to keeping this uniquely American musical genre alive and thriving. A native of northeast Ohi]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[Regarded as one of the world&#8217;s biggest advocates of jazz education,&#160;DownBeat&#160;magazine publisher Frank Alkyer has dedicated his professional life to keeping this uniquely American musical genre alive and thriving. A native of northeast Ohio with a lifelong passion for music, Alkyer joined&#160;DownBeat&#160;in 1989 as editorial director. As publisher, a role he has held since 2003, [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Episode 12: Donald Harrison</title>
	<link>https://therealdealjazz.com/podcast/episode-12-donald-harrison/</link>
	<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2021 14:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[New Orleans born saxophonist Donald Harrison is a musician/composer who master musicians consider a master of every era of jazz, soul, funk, and&#160;a&#160;composer of orchestral classical music. He is also a genius, according to geniuses like Eddie Palmieri and Mike Clark. In the HBO drama Treme, Emmy winning director David Simon created two characters to [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[New Orleans born saxophonist Donald Harrison is a musician/composer who master musicians consider a master of every era of jazz, soul, funk, and&#160;a&#160;composer of orchestral classical music. He is also a genius, according to geniuses like Eddie Pal]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[New Orleans born saxophonist Donald Harrison is a musician/composer who master musicians consider a master of every era of jazz, soul, funk, and&#160;a&#160;composer of orchestral classical music. He is also a genius, according to geniuses like Eddie Palmieri and Mike Clark. In the HBO drama Treme, Emmy winning director David Simon created two characters to [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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