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11 Mar Ron E. Beck 29 Apr Pascal Bokar 07 Oct Shanna Carlson 18 Mar Sara Caswell 25 Mar Carlos D'l Puerto 22 Jul Kellye Gray 15 Jul David Hart 04 Nov Bruce Jenkins 09 Dec Ellen Johnson 17 Jun Steffen Kuehn 02 Dec | Paul McCandless
08 Jul Allison Miller 15 Apr Melissa Morgan 29 Jul Linda Oh 05 Aug Dafnis Prieto 24 Jun Jim Pugh 30 Sep Fred Randolph 05 Feb Harvie S 03 Jun Jake Shapiro 10 Jun Marcus Shelby 15 Jan Bria Skonberg 04 Mar | Paul Smith
16 Dec Mark Soskin 20 May Leslie Stoval 19 Aug John Stowell 08 Apr Toots Thielemans 02 Sep Roseanna Vitro 26 Feb Paul VornHagen 14 Oct Don Was 12 Aug Danielle Wertz 27 May Howard Wiley 28 Oct |
| Kalil Wilson (2019) | |
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| Oakland native Kalil Wilson is gifted with a powerful yet nuanced voice that can move effortlessly over the genres of pop, R&B, jazz, classical and opera.
Kalil is a history and musicology guy: he knows the singers and the styles that have come before. This knowledge was instilled into him a young age: he's the son of well known Nigerian bassist and bandleader Babá Ken Okulolo, and an American mom who collects records—vintage jazz, African music, R&B, salsa, and so on. As a youngster, Kalil was mentored by the Oakland Youth Chorus and the Young Musicians Program at UC Berkeley. He earned a spot in UCLA's Voice and Opera program while working on an honors degree in his special love, ethnomusicology. His pursuit of jazz was encouraged by Kenny Burrell. Kalil's second full-length recording, "Time Stops" is out now: in it, he and Dan Marshak have put together something quite impressive. |
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