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Ray Brown,Ahmad Jamal, Roger Humphries, Jeff Tain Watts,Ben Opie, Reggie Watkins, Marc Lucas, Kenia, David Throckmorton, OPEK, Spanish, Gary, and many more.
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At 1:05am on May 8, 2009, Jagsu said…
Hey Jeff, Nice art work. I hope you can post some your pieces on the PJN site soon. -- Jagsu
At 12:45am on April 27, 2009, Thomas Wendt said…
Hi Jeff,

Everything's good with me - hope all is well with you!

Bye for now. . .
At 5:05am on April 24, 2009, Andy Bianco said…
Dude, da' way yinz play dem' convergent n' divergent whole tone scales n' a non-diatonic highly thru-composed linear context makes me dream a Donny Iris. Call me for a gig an we can egg Jo Pa's haus. Go Panthers!
At 4:07am on April 20, 2009, Dr. Nelson Harrison said…
Hey Jeff,

Welcome back home... virtually that is. Glad you found us. All your friends are here to greet you and if not, your job is to recruit them. ;-) Thanks for joining and please add me as a friend.
At 2:41am on April 20, 2009, Alexander Peck said…
Yeah Baby! I'm doing good. How are you? We gotta play!!
Hit me up next time you come to town.
Peace, Alex

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