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Our old friend Deems Tsutakawa may have died but his music will live on.

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A Train Artists on the 2020 Jazz Times Readers’ Poll and the 2020 Jazz Times Expanded Critics’ Poll.

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Congratulations to the following artists!

2020 Jazz Times Readers’ Poll
Best Clarinetist- Anat Cohen
Best Guitarist- Bill Frisell
Best Percussionist- Zakir Hussain

2020 Jazz Times Expanded Critics’ Poll
Best Electric/Jazz-Rock/Contemporary Group- Bill Frisell
Best Clarinetist- Anat Cohen
Best Guitarist- Bill Frisell

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Congratulations Wadada Leo Smith!

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Congratulations are in order to Wadada Leo Smith who has been awarded a United States 2021 Music Fellowship.

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2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll

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#14 Thumbscrew, The Anthony Braxton Project (Cuneiform)

#18 Artemis (Anat Cohen) Blue Note

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Grammy award winning cellist, David Darling peacefully passed away at his home on Friday, January 8, 2021. David was born in Elkhart, Indiana on March 4, 1941. He was a lifetime educator of music and improvisation, a prolific recording artist, performer and co-founder of Music for People Inc. He is survived by his daughter Jessica Darling and his daughter Bonnie Darling and his granddaughter Erin Shea and their family Lukas Peaslee Sr and Lukas Peaslee Jr. No funeral or memorial service is immediately planned. Celebrate David’s life with donations to Music for People, Inc. at www.musicforpeople.org. 
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Congratulations to Gerald Albright and Adam Hawley

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We are very excited to close out 2020 with Gerald Albright’s “Better Days Ahead” at #1 and Adam Hawley’s “To The Top” the #1 most played song in 2020.

As Gerald says- to Better Days Ahead.

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Congratulations to A Train Artists who made the top 10 of the Billboard Smooth Jazz Year End Charts

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Top 10 Artists

#3 Vincent Ingala
#6 Chris Standring
#10 Joyce Cooling

Top 10 Songs

#1 To The Top- Adam Hawley w/ Jeff Ryan
#9 Just a Taste- Marcus Anderson w/Tim Bowman

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Congratulations to Adam Hawley!

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For topping the Billboard Song of the Year chart with “To the Top”, featuring Jeff Ryan.
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2020 Downbeat Critics Poll

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Clarinet:Anat Cohen

Percussion: Zakir Hussain

Miscellaneous Instrument:Tomeka Reid (cello)

Beyond Album:Bill Frisell, Harmony (Blue Note)

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A Train to Represent Bust It Records for Neighboring Rights

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We are proud to announce representation of the iconic Bust It Records label for neighboring rights administration. “Releases from Doug E. Fresh, Deion Sanders, N2Deep, the sound track to Rocky V and tracks with MC Hammer are a vital link to Oakland’s thriving hip hop scene. We are proud to bring them to A Train” says Al Evers, founder of A Train.

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