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Sebastien Lanson (2004)
Visit Website	Sebastien Lanson is a versatile performer with a guitar style that adapts readily to both ends of the jazz spectrum � from traditional to contemporary. Taking up the guitar at age 14, he began formal training one year later with his aunt, Marie-Nonne Lanson, a professional classical performer and teacher. His musical education continued at the American School of Modern Music in Paris, an affiliate of The Berklee College of Music in Boston, spending four years studying composition, improvisation, and arranging. He attended master classes with such jazz greats as Gary Burton, Randy Brecker, and Steve Swallow, and studied for several years with jazz guitar master Philippe Petit. In France, he played in some of the most famous Parisian jazz clubs, including Le Ducs des Lombards, Alliance Jazz Club and Le Petit Journal.

Sebastien Lanson (2004)

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Sebastien Lanson is a versatile performer with a guitar style that adapts readily to both ends of the jazz spectrum � from traditional to contemporary.

Taking up the guitar at age 14, he began formal training one year later with his aunt, Marie-Nonne Lanson, a professional classical performer and teacher. His musical education continued at the American School of Modern Music in Paris, an affiliate of The Berklee College of Music in Boston, spending four years studying composition, improvisation, and arranging. He attended master classes with such jazz greats as Gary Burton, Randy Brecker, and Steve Swallow, and studied for several years with jazz guitar master Philippe Petit. In France, he played in some of the most famous Parisian jazz clubs, including Le Ducs des Lombards, Alliance Jazz Club and Le Petit Journal.

Pick	Artist	Album	Song	Label
# 1	Wes Montgomery with the Wynton Kelly Trio	Smokin' at the Half Note, Vol. 2	Impressions	(Verve)
# 2	Bill Evans and Jim Hall	Undercurrent	My Funny Valentine	(Blue Note)
# 3	Charles Mingus	Mingus Ah Um	Better Get It in Your Soul	(Columbia)
# 4	Larry Young	Unity	Monk's Dream	(Blue Note)
# 5	Joe Henderson, featuring John Scofield	So Near, So Far (Musings for Miles)	Joshua	(Verve)
# 6	Bill Evans	You Must Believe in Spring	You Must Believe in Spring	(Warner Bros)
# 7	The Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet	Clifford Brown and Max Roach	Joy Spring	(EmArcy)
# 8	Duke Ellington and John Coltrane	Duke Ellington and John Coltrane	In a Sentimental Mood	(Impulse)

Book	Rainier Maria Rilke, "Letters to a Young Poet"

Luxury Item	Either a flare gun, or an iPod

Alternate Picks/Not Broadcast
Alt 1	Bill Evans, featuring Toots Thielemans	Affinity	N/A	(Warner Bros)
Alt 2	Keith Jarrett	At the Blue Note: the Complete Recordings	N/A	(ECM)

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