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RISE

RISE: A creative jazz celebration of African roots

About Me

". . . our town's primary proponent of what we used to call avant-garde jazz. Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, Horace Tapscott. A relief from the lounge music that dares call itself jazz. " - Michael Simmons, L.A. Weekly - Best Of L.A. 1998

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/24/2005
Band Website: geocities.com/pucho11.geo/RISEplaylists.html
Band Members: Mark Maxwell ("your humble facilitator of the sounds of the creator") - host

Omar Pie - assistantOllie Bivens - monthly co-hostSteve Buchanan - consultant, sound source, and occasional guest hostYOU - inspiration
Influences: and INSPIRATION:

5th Street Dicks Coffee House
A Tribe Called Quest

Aesop
Africa
Ramona Afrika

Muhammad Ali

As Serious As Your Life

Dr. Molefi Kete Asante Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM)
Ella Baker

Amiri Baraka

Romare Bearden

Harry Belafonte

Steve Biko

Black Artists Group (BAG)

Black Arts Movement (BAM)
Black Jazz Records

Black Panther Party

Blues People

Aura BogadoBrass

Anthony Browder

James Brown
Samuel Brown
Steve Buchannon
Amilcar Cabral
Stokely Carmichael
John W. Carlos and Tommy C. Smith
Fidel Castro
Cesar Chavez
Hugo Chavez
Noam Chomsky
Jesus Christ

Dr. John Henrik Clarke

Kelan Phil Cohran

Alice & John Coltrane

Kamau Daaood

Angela Davis

Frederick Douglas
W.E.B. Du Bois
Michael Eric Dyson
Ralph Ellison
ESP-Disk'
Marcus Garvey
Siddhartha Gautama
Mahatma Ghandi
Giant Step
Amy Goodman

George W. Goodman

Che Guevara
Thich Nhat Hahn
(with respect to the Plum Village Practice Center)
Alex Haley
Fannie Lou Hamer
Chairman Fred Hampton
Fred Hampton, Jr.
Billy HigginsJoe HillLou HillHip Hop
Carl HollandCarrie C. Holland; William Holland
bell hooksHowling Monk
Langston Hughes

Hurricane Katrina
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Zora Neal Hurston

Ifa
Imhotep
Brian Jackson
George Jackson
Mahalia Jackson
Mumia Abu Jamal
Maulana Karenga
Jomo Kenyatta
Tsehaie Kidane
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sonali Kolhatkar
Kool Herc

Toussaint L'Ouverture
Byard Lancaster
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Bill Lee
Spike Lee
Leimert Park
Los Angeles Uprising (1992)
Patrice Lumumba
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney

Al-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)

Bob Marley
Beatrice C. Maxwell
Felicia Maxwell
Miles Malik Maxwell
Curtis Mayfield..
Charles MingusNature

Carlos Nino

Kwame Nkrumah

Pacifica Radio
Rosa Parks
The People
Sidney Poitier
Margaret Prescod
Sun Ra

Phil Ranelin

Max Roach
Paul Robeson
Randall Robinson
Arundhati Roy

Gil Scott-Heron
Adele Sebastian
Assata ShakurBeverly Smith

Songs Of The Unsung : The Musical and Social Journey of Horace Tapscott

The Soul Children
SpaceStrata Records

Strata-East Records

Horace Tapscott

Bingwa Thomas

Tribe Records

Dwight Trible

Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Kwame Ture
Lao TzuU.G.M.A.A.Unity

United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)

Universal Zulu Nation
Congresswoman Maxine Waters
Watts Uprising
Cornel West
Stanley "Tookie" Williams
Dr. Amos Wilson
August Wilson

The World Stage

Richard Wright
Zapatismo
Howard Zinn
Sounds Like: To view the RISE playlist archive, click HERE .
8 BOLD SOULSNASAR ABADEY & SUPERNOVA
FUASI ABDUL-KHALIQIDRIS ACKAMOOR
GEORGE ADAMSCANNONBALL ADDERLEY; NAT ADDERLEY; HAROLD ALEXANDER; ALI PLAYS THE BLUES / FEAT. ROYAL BLUE
RASHIED ALI
THURMAN ALLEN QUINTET; ALMANAC; BARRY ALTSCHUL; GENE AMMONS
CURTIS AMYDWIGHT ANDREWS; MAYA ANGELOU; LOUIS ARMSTRONG; HORACEE ARNOLD; ROSCOE MITCHELL ART ENSEMBLE
ART ENSEMBLE OF CHICAGO
DOROTHY ASHBYMULATU ASTATQE; ARCHIE SHEPP ATTICA BLUES BIG BAND
THE AWAKENINGROY AYERS
ALBERT AYLERB SHARP JAZZ QUARTET
BILLY BANGAMIRI BARAKA; GATO BARBIERI; KENNY BARRON

GARY BARTZCOUNT BASIE

GHASEM BATAMUNTUALVIN BATISTE; GEORGE BENSON
JOHN BETSCH SOCIETYANDY BEY; FARUQ Z. BEY; GARY BIAS
BIG BLACKWALTER BISHOP, JR.
NICOLE MITCHELL'S BLACK EARTH ENSEMBLE

BLACK NOTEBLACK UNITY TRIO
LOU BLACKBURNCINDY BLACKMAN
ART BLAKEYPAUL BLEY
BLACK ARTHUR BLYTHEWILLIE BOBO; GREG BOBULINSKI; JOSEPH BONNER; DOLLAR BRAND; THE BRASS COMPANY; LESTER BOWIE'S BRASS FANTASY; ROY BROOKS
TINA BROOKS
BROTHER AHEVERETT BROWN JR.; OSCAR BROWN, JR.
MARION BROWNBOBBY BRYANT; BOBBY BRYANT, JR.; RAY BRYANT
BUILD AN ARKDAVE BURRELL; KENNY BURRELL; JAKI BYARD; DONALD BYRD; DON BYRON; BILLY "C"; GEORGE CABLES; HADLEY CALIMAN; RED CALLENDER
ROY CAMPBELLCANDIDO; DOUG CARN
BETTY CARTERJAMES CARTER; MICHAEL CARVIN; MARC CARY; THE TEDDY CHARLES NEW DIRECTIONS QUARTET
DAVID ORNETTE CHERRY
DON CHERRY
F. VATTEL CHERRYCHICAGO UNDERGROUND TRIO; BILLY CHILDS
CURTIS CLARKKENNY CLARKE; STANELY CLARKE; ALEX CLINE; PHILIP COHRAN AND THE ARTISTIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE; GEORGE COLEMAN
ORNETTE COLEMANSTEVE COLEMAN; JOHNNY COLESRAY COLLINS

ALICE COLTRANE

JOHN COLTRANE
RAVI COLTRANE; COMPOSERS WORKSHOP ENSEMBLE; NORMAN CONNORS; CONTEMPORARY JAZZ QUINTET; JUNIOR COOK; CHICK COREA
JAYNE CORTEZJACKIE McLEAN AND THE COSMIC BROTHERHOOD; THE COSMIC TWINS; KENNY COX AND THE CONTEMPORARY JAZZ QUINTET
STANLEY COWELLCREATIVE ARTS ENSEMBLE; SONNY CRISS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
TED CURSONKING CURTIS; ANDREW CYRILLE
DA LION FEAT. LEON MOBLEYKAMAU DAAOOD; ANTHONY DAVIS
DR. ART DAVISCHARLES DAVIS
MILES DAVIS
NATHAN DAVISRICHARD DAVIS
ERNEST DAWKINS NEW HORIZONS ENSEMBLEJACK DE JOHNETTE; THE DESCENDENTS OF MIKE AND PHOEBE
DWIGHT DICKERSONWALT DICKERSON
ERIC DOLPHYKENNY DORHAM; KENNY DREW; KENO DUKE/CONTEMPORARIES
JOHNNY DYANICHARLES EARLAND; CLEAVLAND EATON; MARTY EHRLICH; EITHER ORCHESTRA
KAHIL EL 'ZABARDUKE ELLINGTON; BOB REID/THE EMERGENCY SOUND; BOB EMRY; EQUAL INTEREST
BOOKER ERVIN
ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLEKEVIN EUBANKS; BILL EVANS; GIL EVANS; AVERY SHARPE EXTENDED FAMILY III; JON FADDIS
FAMILY OF PERCUSSIONSHAMEK FARRAH
DALE FIELDERJIMMY FORREST
SONNY FORTUNETHE FOURTH WAY; BILLY PARKER'S FOURTH WORLD
HENRY "THE SKIPPER" FRANKLINCHICO FREEMAN; CURTIS FULLER; FUNK INC.; CARLOS GARNETT
EDDIE GALE
STANTON DAVIS' GHETTO MYSTICISMDIZZY GILLESPIE; NIKKI GIOVANNI; EGBERTO GISMONTI


BABS GONZALEZDEXTER GORDON; JOHN GORDON; THE GOW-DOW EXPERIENCE
RICHARD GRANTAL GREY; WARDELL GRAY
GRANT GREENDICK GRIFFIN; JOHNNY GRIFFIN
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GRIOT GALAXYEARL AND CARL GRUBBS; BOB GUTHRIE QUARTET; CHARLIE HADEN; JIM HALL; CHICO HAMILTON
DOUG HAMMONDHERBIE HANCOCK; JOHN HANDY; HAR-YOU PERCUSSION GROUP; BILL HARDMAN; RUFUS HARLEY
BILLY HARPERBILLIE HARRIS; EDDIE HARRIS; THE UNHEARD HERB HARRIS

PETER J. HARRISSTEFON HARRIS; WENDELL HARRISON; BILLY HART; JOHNNY HARTMAN
HAMPTON HAWESLOUIS HAYES; ROLAND HAYNES; ROY HAYNES; THE HEATH BROTHERS; ALBERT HEATH; JIMMY HEATH; PERCY HEATH; JOE HENDERSON
KARLTON HESTER AND THE CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ART MOVEMENTJOHN HICKS

BILLY HIGGINS ;
ANDREW HILL
LINDA HILLBILLIE HOLIDAY; DAVE HOLLAND; RICHARD "GROOVE" HOLMES; SHIRLEY HORN
FRED HOUN & THE AFRO-ASIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLEOWEN HOWARD; MICHAEL HOWELL; FREDDIE HUBBARD; LANGSTON HUGHES; HUMAN ARTS ENSEMBLE; BOBBY HUTCHERSON; ABDULLAH IBRAHIM; SOLOMON ILORI AND HIS AFRO-DRUM ENSEMBLE; THE INFINITI PROJECT
WELDON IRVINEVIJAY IYER; MICHAEL GREGORY JACKSON; MILT JACKSON; AHMAD JAMAL

KHAN JAMALKEITH JARRETT; JAZZ CONTEMPORARIES; JAZZ CRUSADERS; JAZZ SYMPHONICS; EDDIE JEFFERSON; JOHN JENKINS; LEROY JENKINS; BRUCE JOHNSON
GEORGE V. JOHNSON, JR.HAROLD JOHNSON
HOWARD JOHNSON AND GRAVITYJ.J. JOHNSON; LAMONT JOHNSON; RUDOLPH JOHNSON; ELVIN JONES; RODNEY JONES; SAM JONES; WILLIE JONES III; CLIFFORD JORDAN; JUJU
ED KELLYRICKEY KELLY; ROBIN KENYATTA; CALVIN KEYS; RAHSAAN ROLAND KIRK; DADISI KOMOLAFE; PAT LABARBERA
BYARD LANCASTERTHE LAST POETS; YUSEF LATEEF
AZAR LAWRENCEHUBERT LAWS; PRINCE LAWSHA; JAMES LEARY; BILL LEE; O'DONEL LEVY; BILL LEWIS; RAMSEY LEWIS; TONY WILLIAMS LIFETIME; KIRK LIGHTSEY; ABBEY LINCOLN; BOOKER LITTLE; THE LITTLETON BROTHERS
CHARLES LLOYDGIUSEPPI LOGAN; JOE LOVANO; FRANK LOWE; REGGIE LUCAS; CARMEN LUNDY; JOHNNY LYTLE; M'BOOM; CECIL McBEE; LES McCANN; FREDDIE McCOY; BROTHER JACK McDUFF; HOWARD McGHEE
KEN McINTYRE
HAROLD McKINNEY
JACKIE McLEANLLOYD McNEIL; MARIAN McPARTLAND; CARMEN McRAE; HAROLD MABERN JR.; MACHITO; MICHAEL WHITE'S MAGIC MUSIC COMPANY
MAIARENE MARIE; BRANFORD MARSALIS; MILTON MARSH; OWEN MARSHALL; HUGH MASEKELA
CAL MASSEYSABIR MATEEN; BOBBY MATOS AFRO-LATIN ENSEMBLE; MAULAWI
BENNIE MAUPINMYRA MELFORD; AMINA CLAUDINE MEYERS; CHARLES MINGUS; ROBERTO MIGUEL MIRANDA; BLUE MITCHELL; MIXED BAG; HANK MOBLEY; THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET; THE CHARLES MOFFETT FAMILY; MOMBASA; T. S. MONK; THELONIOUS MONK; MONK MONTGOMERY; WES MONTGOMERY; JAMES MOODY
JASON MORANLEE MORGAN
NATE MORGAN
BUTCH MORRIS
CHARLES OWENS' MOTHERLODE; PAUL MOTIAN & THE E.B.B.B.; ADAM RUDOLPH'S MOVING PICTURES; FAMOUDOU DON MOYE; MTUME
DAWAN MUHAMMADDAVID MURRAY; ONAJE MURRAY & P.S. ISLAND
CHARLES TOLLIVER'S MUSIC INC.BERT MYRICK; NAJITE AND THE OGUN PROPHECY; MORRIS NANTON; BOBBY NAUGHTON UNITS; FATS NAVARRO; OLIVER NELSON; THE NEW CHAMBER JAZZ ORCHESTRA; THE NEW YORK BASS VIOLIN CHOIR; DAVID NEWMAN; JAMES NEWTON
HERBIE NICHOLSNOW CREATIVE ARTS JAZZ ENSEMBLE; GARY BARTZ NTU TROOP; NY5; OLATUNJI; OLD AND NEW DREAMS; GRASSELLA OLIPHANT QUARTETTE; THE OPENERS; ANTHONY ORTEGA; COUNT OSSIE AND THE MYSTIC REVELATION OF RASTAFARI
HAROLD OUSLEYOUT OF THE BLUE; CHARLES OWENS; JIMMY OWENS; NATHEN PAGE
PAN-AFRIKAN PEOPLES ARKESTRACHARLIE PARKER; ERROL PARKER
JEFF PARKERLEON PARKER
WILLIAM PARKERHORACE PARLAN; LONGINEU PARSONS; KELLEE PATTERSON; JOHN PATTON; CECIL PAYNE; DUKE PEARSON
CHARLI PERSIPHOUSTON PERSON; MARVIN "HANNIBAL" PETERSON; OSCAR PETERSON QUARTET; PIANO CHOIR
LONNIE PLAXICOKING PLEASURE; ROY PORTER; POSITIVE FORCE W/ADE OLATUNJI; BUD POWELL; ROLAND PRINCE
DUDU PUKWANADON PULLEN; FLORA PURIM; THE PYRAMIDS; QUARTETTE TRES BIEN; IKE QUEBEC; ALVIN QUEEN;

SUN RA

SUN RA ARKESTRA
HUGH RAGIN; LOUIS RAMIREZ AND HIS ORCHESTRA; PHIL RANELIN; FRED RAULSTON; VI REDD; RUFUS REID; STEVE REID
DERF REKLAWREVOLUTIONARY ENSEMBLE; LARRY RIDLEY; KAHIL EL 'ZABAR'S RITUAL TRIO
SAM RIVERSMAX ROACH; SONNY ROLLINS; WILLIAM ROPER

MICHELE ROSEWOMAN
RENEE ROSNES
CHARLES ROUSEGONZALO RUBALCABA TRIO; ADAM RUDOLPH; ROSWELL RUDD; PATRICE RUSHEN; GENE RUSSELL; GEORGE RUSSELL; DAVID SANCHEZ

PHAROAH SANDERS
SAM SANDERS AND VISIONS; MONGO SANTAMARIA; SANTANA; SHIRLEY SCOTT; GIL SCOTT-HERON; ADELE SEBASTIAN
MICHAEL SESSIONJAMIL SHABAKA; SHADOW VIGNETTES; AVERY SHARPE; JESSE SHARPS; SONNY SHARROCK; WOODY SHAW
ARCHIE SHEPP

MATTHEW SHIPPWAYNE SHORTER; HORACE SILVER; ARTIE SIMMONS AND THE JAZZ SAMARITANS; NORMAN SIMMONS QUINTET
SONNY SIMMONSNINA SIMONE; PETE LA ROCA SIMS; CHRISTY SMITH; JIMMY SMITH
WADADA LEO SMITHLONNIE SMITH; LONNIE LISTON SMITH; SONELIUS SMITH; ROY PORTER SOUND MACHINE
JOSHUA SPEIGELMAN
SPIRIT OF LIFE ENSEMBLE
STICKS AND STONESSONNY STITT; STONE ALLIANCE; BILLY STRAYHORN; JOHN STUBBLEFIELD
MONETTE SUDLERCHARLES SULLIVAN
SUPERNOVABILLY BANG'S SURVIVAL ENSEMBLE; SWEET BABY J'AI; JUDE SWIFT;

HORACE TAPSCOTT

TAUMBU INTERNATIONAL ORCHESTRA

CECIL TAYLOR
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LEON THOMASCHESTER THOMPSON; LUCKY THOMPSON; MALACHI THOMPSON; HENRY THREADGILL AND MAKE A MOVE; BOBBY TIMMONS; HIDEAKI TOKUNAGA ..ww.jazzkaar.ee/gal/tolliver2_150.jpg"
CHARLES TOLLIVER

DWIGHT TRIBLEMARK TURNER; STEVE TURRE; STANELY TURRENTINE
CHARLES TYLERMcCOY TYNER; ROY AYERS UBIQUITY; UJAAMA FEAT. NATE MORGAN; UKUUNKI; UNITY; RAY VEGA LATIN JAZZ SEXTET; HAROLD VICK; LEROY VINNEGAR; THE VISITORS

WABERIABDUL WADUD; MAL WALDRON
WALI AND THE AFRO CARAVANVINCE WALLACE; CEDAR WALTON
DAVID S. WARECHESTER WASHINGTON; GROVER WASHINGTON, JR.
SALIM WASHINGTON & RBATYRONE WASHINGTON; ERIC WATSON; ROBERT WATSON; ERNIE WATTS; BEN WEBSTER; DAVID WERTMAN; RANDY WESTON
NEDRA WHEELERANDREW WHITE
MICHAEL WHITEAL WILLIAMS QUINTET PLUS ONE
TONY WILLIAMSBUSTER WILLIAMS
MARY LOU WILLIAMS TRIOLARRY WILLIS
GERALD WILSON ORCHESTRAJACK WILSON
JOE LEE WILSONJOHN WOOD; WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET
FRANK WRIGHTMALIK YAQUB; YESTERDAY'S NEW QUINTET
LARRY YOUNG
LESTER YOUNGHENRY THREADGILL'S ZOOIDAND
1750 ARCH; 32 JAZZ; A & M; ACCURATE; ACTUEL; ADELPHI; ADITI; AECO; AESTRIUM; AK-BA; AMOSAYA; AMP; AMSTERDAM; ANDREW'S MUSIC; ANIMA; ANTILLES; ARABESQUE; ARHOOLIE; ARISTA; ARISTA/FREEDOM; ASHA; ASIAN IMPROV; ATEN; ATLANTIC; BAINBRIDGE; BAOBAB; BARNABY; BEEZWAX; BET-CAR; BETHLEHEM; BEYOND VIDEO GROUP; BIJA; BIRDOLOGY; BIRDSEYE; BLACK FORUM; BLACK HAWK; BLACK JAZZ; BLACK LION; BLACK SAINT; BLEU REGARD; BLUE COLLAR; BLUE NOTE ; BLUE THUMB; BLUEBIRD; BUDA MUSIC; BUZZ; CADENCE; CADET; CANDID; CAPITOL; CATALYST; CBS; CELLULOID; CEMA; CHIAROSCURO; CHISA; CIRCLE; COBBLESTONE; CODA; COLUMBIA; COMMERCIAL FREE JAZZ; CONTEMPORARY; CREATIVE ARTS; CTI; CURCIO; CUBOP; CULTURAL ODYESSEY; DEBUT; DECCA; DELMARK; DENON; DISCOGRAPH; DISCOVERY; DIVINE; DJIMBE; DOUGLAS; DR. JAZZ; ECM; EITRA SNOMMIS PRODUCTIONS; EL SATURN; ELEKTRA MUSICIAN; EMARCY; ENJA; ENTROPY; EPI; ESP-DISK; EVIDENCE; EVIDENCE ARTISTIC; FANTASY; FLYING DUTCHMAN; FM; FOLKWAYS; FOUR STAR; GALAXY; GM; GRAMMAVISION; GROOVE MERCHANT; GWP; HALCYON; HARMONY; HARVEST; HEAVENLY SWEETNESS ; HERB HARRIS; HESTERIA; HIGH NOTE; HORIZON; HORO; HOUSE OF YAQUB; HUGO'S MUSIC; IDIBIB; IMPERIAL; IMPROVISING ARTISTS, INC.; IMPULSE; INNER CITY; INDIA NAVIGATION; INTERPLAY; ISLAND; ISMA'A; JAC; JAM; JAZZ FRIENDS; JAZZ POETRY COLLECTIVE JAZZATERIA; JAZZLAND; JCP; JKNM; JUSTIN TIME; KOCH JAZZ; KWELA; LABEL M; LEGEND; LEO; LIBERTY; LIFEFORCE; LIMELIGHT; LUV N' HAIGHT; MAINSTREAM; MAMA FOUNDATION; MASTERSCORES; MAXJAZZ; MEGA; MERCURY; MERIDIAN; META; MGM; MILESTONE; CHARLES MOFFETT; MOJO; MOO; MUSE; MUSICMASTERS; MUSTEVIC; NAGARA; NARADA; NEMPEROR; NESSA; NEW DIMENSION; NEW JAZZ; NILVA; NIMBUS ; NIMBUS WEST ; NONESUCH DIGITAL; NOVA; NOVUS; O'BE; OBLIVION; OLIVE BRANCH; OLOKUN; OMNITONE; OTIC; OUTRAGEOUS; OYO; O; PABLO LIVE; PABLO TODAY; PACIFIC ARTS; PACIFIC JAZZ; PAMOJA; CHARLIE PARKER; PERCEPTION; PHILLY JAZZ; PI; PM; POLYDOR; PRAXIS; PRESTIGE; PYRAMID; QWEST; RAYMOND COLLINS; RCA; RCA VICTOR; RE; REBIRTH; RED GIANT; RENAISSANCE; RESURGENT MUSIC; REVUE; REVENANT; RHINO; RIVERSIDE; RIZA; RONDOLETTE; ROULETTE; ROUNDER; RUBY; SABA; SAHARA; SALAAM; SAVANT; SAVOY; SEGUE; SESSOMS; SHANACHIE; SOLID STATE; SOUL NOTE; SOUND ASPECTS; SOUNDS; SPEIGELEI; STEEPLECHASE; STONES THROW; STRATA; STRATA-EAST; STRETCH; SUNCHIME MUSIC; SUNNYSIDE; SUNSET MUSIC GROUP; SURVIVAL; SUTRA; TCB; TELARC; THAT AFRICAN LADY; THELONIOUS; THERESA; THIRD STREET; TIE; TIMELESS MUSE ; TOMORROW INTERNATIONAL; TONGA; TRIBE; TRIDENT; TVT; TWO AND FOUR; UBIQUITY; UNDERCURRENT; UNITED ARTISTS; UPFRONT; VANGUARD; VAULT; VEE JAY; VENTURE; VERVE; VSP VERVE; VORTEX; WARNER BROTHERS; WARWICK; WINDHAM HILL JAZZ; WINTER & WINTER; WJ3; WORKING CLASS PRODUCTIONS; WORLD PACIFIC JAZZ; WORLD STAGE; YAL
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