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\"\"<\/a>I’m heading to Washington D.C. to cheer on my young pal, the gifted 21 year-old pianist Emmett Cohen<\/a>, compete as a semi-finalist in the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Pianist Competition<\/a>. The Monk Competition is a very big deal. It’s like the Olympics for jazz musicians.<\/p>\n

Emmet is a very fine musician. You should check out his Emmet’s first CD, In the Element<\/a> – available from Amazon.com<\/a> and iTunes<\/a>. Keep your eyes on this young man. He’s going to be something special!<\/p>\n

Emmet and each of his competitors will be accompanied by one of my oldest friends, Carl Allen<\/a> on drums and Rodney Whittaker on bass. Carl is not only one of the world’s most accomplished musicians, he is also an amazing educator currently serving as the Artistic Director of Jazz Studies at the Julliard School. Carl has participated in the Monk Competition for many years.<\/p>\n

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Emmet Cohen, the Great Roy Haynes, Gary Stager<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not only will Emmet be accompanied by world-class musicians and competing against the best jazz pianists of his generation, but the judges are some of the world’s greatest pianists – Herbie Hancock<\/a>, Ellis Marsalis<\/a>, Jason Moran<\/a>, Danilo Perez<\/a> and Renee Rosnes<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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That all occurs on Sunday. Monday evening, the winners are announced at a gala concert featuring dozens of the world’s greatest jazz musicians, past Monk competition winners and Aretha Franklin! Check out the musicians scheduled to perform!<\/p>\n

Piano<\/strong>
\nJohn Beasley
\nGerald Clayton
\nBill Cunliffe
\nHerbie Hancock
\nEric Lewis
\nEllis Marsalis
\nJason Moran
\nDanilo Perez
\nRenee Rosnes
\nTed Rosenthal
\nHelen Sung
\nJacky Terrasson<\/p>\n

Organ<\/strong>
\nJoey DeFrancesco<\/p>\n

Bass<\/strong>
\nRon Carter
\nDaryl Hall
\nChristian McBride
\nJohn Patitucci
\nJoe Sanders
\nRodney Whitaker
\nBen Williams<\/p>\n

Drums<\/strong>
\nCarl Allen
\nRonald Bruner
\nTerri Lyne Carrington
\nSebastiaan DeKrom
\nTS Monk
\nHarold Summey<\/p>\n

Saxophone<\/strong>
\nSeamus Blake
\nJohn Ellis
\nJon Gordon
\nJimmy Heath
\nJon Irabagon
\nGodwin Louis
\nJoe Lovano
\nWayne Shorter
\nWalter Smith<\/p>\n

Trumpet<\/strong>
\nAmbrose Akinmusire
\nTerence Blanchard
\nDiego Urcola<\/p>\n

Guitar<\/strong>
\nKevin Eubanks
\nLionel Loueke
\nLage Lund
\nJesse Van Ruller<\/p>\n

Trombone<\/strong>
\nAndre Hayward<\/p>\n

Vocal<\/strong>
\nDee Dee Bridgewater
\nKurt Elling
\nAretha Franklin
\nRoberta Gambarini
\nSara Lazarus
\nCecile McLorin Salvant
\nJane Monheit
\nGretchen Parlato
\nDianne Reeves<\/p>\n

Percussion<\/strong>
\nSean Thomas<\/p>\n

Vibes<\/strong>
\nJames Westfall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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