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Sun Nov 22 2009
8:00p
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Savion Glover
Jack DeJohnette
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Mon Nov 23 2009
8:00p
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Cyrus Chestnut
One For All
The Heath Brothers
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JAZZ LEGACY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: THE HEATH BROTHERS, CYRUS CHESTNUT, STEVE DAVIS, ONE FOR ALL & ...
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Show Details: JAZZ LEGACY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: THE HEATH BROTHERS, CYRUS CHESTNUT, STEVE DAVIS, ONE FOR ALL & MORE! FEATURING: THE HEATH BROTHERS Jimmy Heath, tenor saxophone Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums PLUS Cyrus Chestnut, piano Steve Davis, trombone Sharel Cassity, alto saxophone Helio Alves, piano and ONE FOR ALL featuring Eric Alexander, tenor saxophone Steve Davis, trombone Jim Rotondi, trumpet David Hazeltine, piano John Webber, bass Joe Farnsworth, drums WITH Master of Ceremonies: Gary Walker of WBGO On November 23, Jazz Legacy Productions will present an evening of music at the Blue Note featuring their recording artists: The Heath Brothers, Cyrus Chestnut, Steve Davis, Sharel Cassity, Helio Alves, Yotam Silberstein, Michael Dease and One for All (featuring Eric Alexander, Jim Rotondi, David Hazeltine and Joe Farnsworth). Additionally, WBGO music director Gary Walker will be the master ceremonies for the event. Founded by veteran bassist John Lee, JLP's mission is to fill a jazz void by recording the under documented and undocumented while celebrating jazz heritage and the music's future. "So many artists who had deals before haven't been re-signed, which means there's important music that's going undocumented," says Lee. "This is a great moment in jazz history, and it would be tragic if that music gets lost." The first four releases on the label include: Cyrus Chestnut's Spirit (August 4), the Heath Brother's Endurance (August 4), Steve Davis' Eloquence (September 8), and Sharel Cassity's Relentless (September 8). Future signings include many of the acts that will perform at the event: sextet One for All (including Eric Alexander and Steve Davis), trombonist Michael Dease, young guitar phenomenon Yotam Silberstein, and Jazz Master, pianist Randy Weston. Lee's partners in JLP include Steve Milvia Jones and Lisa Broderick, who serves as executive producer of the albums. Co-founder John Lee is a respected composer, educator and producer. In 1972, John was hired as bassist for the Max Roach Quartet. Later that year he moved to Europe and stayed for two years. During this time abroad, he worked and recorded with Gary Bartz, Philip Catherine, Joe Henderson, Chris Hinze, Jasper Van'T Hof, Joachim Kuhn, Charlie Mariano and Toots Thielemans. In 1982, he joined the McCoy Tyner Quintet, where he worked until joining the Dizzy Gillespie Group in 1984. The long personal and professional association that ensued was to be a turning point in Lee's career. From 1984 until Dizzy died in 1993, John was the bassist in the trumpet master's various bands including the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, the 70th Anniversary Big Band and the United Nation Orchestra. After Dizzy's passing, the family asked John to create an ongoing tribute to the legendary man and his music-and the concept for the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars was born. In addition to his work with JLP and numerous other groups, John is executive director of the Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars and All-Stars Big Band. He performs with them regularly and leads his own bands, the John Lee Quartet and Quintet. In addition, his interest in recording and producing led him to found Alleycat Studio, a division of Alleycat Productions. For more information on the first four discs of the label, visit www.jazzlegacyproductions.com, where you can listen to musical excerpts.
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Fri Nov 27 2009
12:30a
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REESE
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LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES: REESE FEATURING: Reese, guitar/vocals Other musicians, TBA REESE, the...
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Show Details: LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES: REESE FEATURING: Reese, guitar/vocals Other musicians, TBA REESE, the artist, is an innovative and powerful vocalist whose thought provoking and energetic lyrics provide a very welcome and refreshing change of pace in today's music scene (in contrast to the formulaic and predictable music that's currently being played on commercial radio). Reese the band is an extremely talented quartet of all-star musicians who effortlessly combine rock, funk, hip-hop and reggae grooves into a vibrant and exciting new fusion of music. In addition to Reese's powerhouse vocals, drummer C-Will (an amazingly talented artist whose current solo release is in heavy radio rotation nationwide), guitarist Mike Barnes (secret weapon of choice for heavy metal funk bassist T.M. Stevens' band Shocka Zoolu) and bassist ShynDigg (groove master supreme and leader of the critically acclaimed NY band Digg Deep) make for a quartet of musicians that can handle any kind of music with ease. Visit www.exilerecords.com/reese to see the New York Knicks commercial featuring REESE's latest single, "Ahh Ahh, Yeahh Yeahh, "the new chant song for Madison Square Garden. There, you can also download the new CD "New Fire: Pain B4 Pleasure" featuring "Ahh Ahh, Yeahh Yeahh", "I Can't Breathe" with support vocals from Gary "Nesta" Pine formerly of the Wailers. REESE has been featured on CBS The Early Show as "the next big thing in the music business."
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Sat Nov 28 2009
11:50p
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Dred Scott Trio
Dave Brubeck
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Dred Scott Trio - Dave Brubeck Age Limit: All Ages Dred Scott Trio Dave Brubeck
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Show Details: Dred Scott Trio - Dave Brubeck Age Limit: All Ages Dred Scott Trio Dave Brubeck
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Mon Nov 30 2009
8:00p
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Holly Cole
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HOLLY COLE, A NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS FEATURING: Holly Cole, vocals Other musicians, TBA Holly C...
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Show Details: HOLLY COLE, A NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS FEATURING: Holly Cole, vocals Other musicians, TBA Holly Cole has charted an international career that includes seven gold and three platinum recordings in Canada, sold hundreds of thousands of recordings in the US, Japan and Europe, garnered numerous awards - all the while performing some of the finest and most engaging vocal work in studio and concert. If there's anyone qualified to deliver a performance seasoned with holiday favourites, it's resident expert Holly Cole. Born with a name that inescapably ties her to this festive season, her very first recording, a four-song EP, was a collection of Christmas tunes. It's a familiar genre that she has repeatedly returned to over the course of her 20-year career, including her holiday album, Baby It's Cold Outside. Ms. Cole and her merry quartet are hitting the road again this Christmas to carry on a holiday concert tradition that she started a dozen years ago. These special evening includes Holly's unique mix of jazz and pop standards, some from her recently released self-titled recording and an eclectic selection of songs from Christmas past. "Cole's voice: smoky, though not quite sultry; as sly as it is sexy; and brimming with adventure bordering on recklessness. And it bears an alluring touch of darkness, though it's not without a mitigating hint of optimism." - The Wall Street Journal "Her Voice was a superb instrument, one that she easily controlled, rich with color and emotion..." - Los Angeles Times
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Fri Dec 4 2009
8:00p
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The MK Groove Orchestra
Madeleine Peyroux
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Sat Dec 5 2009
8:00p
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Madeleine Peyroux
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REMEMBERING LADY DAY - 50 YEARS FEATURING MADELEINE PEYROUX FEATURING: Madeleine Peyroux, vocals...
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Show Details: REMEMBERING LADY DAY - 50 YEARS FEATURING MADELEINE PEYROUX FEATURING: Madeleine Peyroux, vocals & guitar Bruce Barth, keyboards David Finck, bass Lewis Nash, drums Russell Malone, guitar Marcus Strickland, tenor saxophone Avishai Cohen, trumpet TBA, background vocals Oded Lev-Ari, musical director Madeleine Peyroux [pronounced like the country Peru] was born in Athens, Georgia, she grew up between Brooklyn, Southern California and Paris, though it was in the City of Light where she found her voice. As a teen she was drawn to street music, and in 1989 she started to perform with a group of buskers. She then joined the Lost Wandering Blues & Jazz Band, becoming the only female in the group, which toured around Europe for several years. Madeleine burst onto the recording scene in 1996, with her stunning debut album Dreamland. Madeleine was greeted with a veritable torrent of gushing reviews. Most raved about her smoke-and-whiskey vocals, often comparing her to the late, great Billie Holiday. Others wondered how someone so young could perform classic songs by Holiday, Bessie Smith and Patsy Cline so convincingly as to make them sound like her own. Time magazine pronounced the groundbreaking Dreamland "the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singer this year." Madeleine, then an American who had been living in Paris as a street musician, suddenly found herself on the fast track to fame. Appearances at Lilith Fair and jazz festivals, and opening tours for Sarah McLachlan and Cesaria Evora followed, while Dreamland's sales reached an impressive 200,000 copies worldwide. "It was great," recalls Madeleine. "I got to perform with fantastic musicians. I got to see Nina Simone live. I could've kept running with it, but instead I stepped back and took a breather." Careless Love on Rounder Records released in Sept. 2004, eight years after the release of Dreamland. Waiting that long to release her sophomore album is admittedly not a typical career move, but then Madeleine is not a typical artist. Careless Love, produced by Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin), will features songs as old as W. C. Handy's bluesy title track, popularized by Bessie Smith in the late 1920s, and others as recent as Elliott Smith's folky "Between the Bars." Madeleine also covers material as diverse as Hank Williams' "Weary Blues" and Leonard Cohen's "Dance Me to the End of Love." Madeleine spent much of the time between Dreamland and Careless Love out of the public eye. But she never stopped singing, returning to her busking roots with street performances and club dates around the world from Los Angeles (to New Orleans to New York City) to Western Europe before being signed by Rounder Records in 2003. Careless Love was a worldwide sales and critical success, putting Madeleine back on fame's fast track. Madeleine's followed up Careless Love with Half the Perfect World, released Sept. 2006, again pairing Madeleine and producer Larry Klein. Half the Perfect World builds on and expands on the direction set with Careless Love, featuring a broad range of songwriters include Madeleine herself. Her latest release, Bare Bones, is the third album in four years, and is both an extension of the currents of 2004's Careless Love and 2006's Half the Perfect World and a bold step into previously unexplored psychological terrain. Produced, like its two predecessors, by Larry Klein, this fluid and enthralling new work, is Peyroux's most personal yet, hardly surprising considering she had a hand in writing each of the 11 songs, marking the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. "This really is a new experience for me. It's almost as if I got to make my first record again," she says. "Larry really was the first person who ever said to me, 'Let's write every song on the record, you should do this.' I'd co-written with Larry a couple of times in the past, but this was a big leap for me as a writer, and also a deep exploration as a co-writer," Peyroux continues, "not only in the experience of writing but also the message I wanted to portray. Like the end of any event; being up all night, or when the rain stops and the sun comes out, it's a transitional moment of getting past some kind of struggle." When asked to describe the sound of Bare Bones, Peyroux pauses to consider the question for several moments. "The lyrics and the sounds are both honest, so that they match each other. We're really exploring the calm, relaxed attitude, because we tend to fall into a rhythmic pocket that is not exploited much in popular music. Everybody's ahead of the beat, on top of the beat or trying to get to the next beat; everything is short and very repetitive; we're just way slower than all that."
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Sun Dec 6 2009
8:00p
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Madeleine Peyroux
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REMEMBERING LADY DAY - 50 YEARS FEATURING MADELEINE PEYROUX FEATURING: Madeleine Peyroux, vocals...
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Show Details: REMEMBERING LADY DAY - 50 YEARS FEATURING MADELEINE PEYROUX FEATURING: Madeleine Peyroux, vocals & guitar Bruce Barth, keyboards David Finck, bass Lewis Nash, drums Russell Malone, guitar Marcus Strickland, tenor saxophone Avishai Cohen, trumpet TBA, background vocals Oded Lev-Ari, musical director Madeleine Peyroux [pronounced like the country Peru] was born in Athens, Georgia, she grew up between Brooklyn, Southern California and Paris, though it was in the City of Light where she found her voice. As a teen she was drawn to street music, and in 1989 she started to perform with a group of buskers. She then joined the Lost Wandering Blues & Jazz Band, becoming the only female in the group, which toured around Europe for several years. Madeleine burst onto the recording scene in 1996, with her stunning debut album Dreamland. Madeleine was greeted with a veritable torrent of gushing reviews. Most raved about her smoke-and-whiskey vocals, often comparing her to the late, great Billie Holiday. Others wondered how someone so young could perform classic songs by Holiday, Bessie Smith and Patsy Cline so convincingly as to make them sound like her own. Time magazine pronounced the groundbreaking Dreamland "the most exciting, involving vocal performance by a new singer this year." Madeleine, then an American who had been living in Paris as a street musician, suddenly found herself on the fast track to fame. Appearances at Lilith Fair and jazz festivals, and opening tours for Sarah McLachlan and Cesaria Evora followed, while Dreamland's sales reached an impressive 200,000 copies worldwide. "It was great," recalls Madeleine. "I got to perform with fantastic musicians. I got to see Nina Simone live. I could've kept running with it, but instead I stepped back and took a breather." Careless Love on Rounder Records released in Sept. 2004, eight years after the release of Dreamland. Waiting that long to release her sophomore album is admittedly not a typical career move, but then Madeleine is not a typical artist. Careless Love, produced by Larry Klein (Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin), will features songs as old as W. C. Handy's bluesy title track, popularized by Bessie Smith in the late 1920s, and others as recent as Elliott Smith's folky "Between the Bars." Madeleine also covers material as diverse as Hank Williams' "Weary Blues" and Leonard Cohen's "Dance Me to the End of Love." Madeleine spent much of the time between Dreamland and Careless Love out of the public eye. But she never stopped singing, returning to her busking roots with street performances and club dates around the world from Los Angeles (to New Orleans to New York City) to Western Europe before being signed by Rounder Records in 2003. Careless Love was a worldwide sales and critical success, putting Madeleine back on fame's fast track. Madeleine's followed up Careless Love with Half the Perfect World, released Sept. 2006, again pairing Madeleine and producer Larry Klein. Half the Perfect World builds on and expands on the direction set with Careless Love, featuring a broad range of songwriters include Madeleine herself. Her latest release, Bare Bones, is the third album in four years, and is both an extension of the currents of 2004's Careless Love and 2006's Half the Perfect World and a bold step into previously unexplored psychological terrain. Produced, like its two predecessors, by Larry Klein, this fluid and enthralling new work, is Peyroux's most personal yet, hardly surprising considering she had a hand in writing each of the 11 songs, marking the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. "This really is a new experience for me. It's almost as if I got to make my first record again," she says. "Larry really was the first person who ever said to me, 'Let's write every song on the record, you should do this.' I'd co-written with Larry a couple of times in the past, but this was a big leap for me as a writer, and also a deep exploration as a co-writer," Peyroux continues, "not only in the experience of writing but also the message I wanted to portray. Like the end of any event; being up all night, or when the rain stops and the sun comes out, it's a transitional moment of getting past some kind of struggle." When asked to describe the sound of Bare Bones, Peyroux pauses to consider the question for several moments. "The lyrics and the sounds are both honest, so that they match each other. We're really exploring the calm, relaxed attitude, because we tend to fall into a rhythmic pocket that is not exploited much in popular music. Everybody's ahead of the beat, on top of the beat or trying to get to the next beat; everything is short and very repetitive; we're just way slower than all that."
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Mon Dec 7 2009
8:00p
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Matthew Shipp
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MATTHEW SHIPP & WILLIAM PARKER DUO FEATURING: Matthew Shipp, piano William Parker, bass MATTHEW...
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Show Details: MATTHEW SHIPP & WILLIAM PARKER DUO FEATURING: Matthew Shipp, piano William Parker, bass MATTHEW SHIPP was born December 7, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware. He started piano at 5 years old with the regular piano lessons most kids have experienced. He fell in love with jazz at 12 years old. After moving to New York in 1984 he quickly became one of the leading lights in the New York jazz scene. He was a sideman in the David S. Ware quartet and also for Roscoe Mitchell's Note Factory before making the decision to concentrate on his own music. Mr Shipp has reached the holy grail of jazz in that he possesses a unique style on his instrument that is all of his own- and he's one of the few in jazz that can say so. Mr. Shipp has recorded a lot of albums with many labels but his 2 most enduring relationships have been with two labels. In the 1990s he recorded a number of chamber jazz cds with Hatology, a group of cds that charted a new course for jazz that, to this day, the jazz world has not realized. In the 2000s Mr Shipp has been curator and director of the label Thirsty Ear's "Blue Series" and has also recorded for them. In this collection of recordings he has generated a whole body of work that is visionary, far reaching and many faceted . Matthew Shipp is truly one of the leading lights of a new generation of jazz giants. His newest recording, 4D, a solo piano effort, will be available on January 26, 2010. --------------------------------------------- William Parker is a master musician, improviser, and composer. He plays the bass, shakuhachi, double reeds, tuba, donso ngoni and gembri. He was born in 1952 in the Bronx, New York. He studied bass with Richard Davis, Art Davis, Milt Hinton, Wilber Ware, and Jimmy Garrison. He entered the music scene in 1971 playing at Studio We, Studio Rivbea, Hilly's on The Bowery and The Baby Grand, playing with many musicians on the avant-garde school Bill Dixon, Sunny Murray, Charles Tyler, Billy Higgins, Charles Brackeem, Alan Silva, Frank Wright, Frank Lowe, Rashid Ali, Donald Ayler, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Milford Graves and with traditionalists like Walter Bishop, Sr. and Maxine Sullivan. Early projects with dancer and choreographer Patricia Nicholson created a huge repertoire of composed music for multiple ensembles ranging from solo works to big band projects. Parker played in the Cecil Taylor unit from 1980 through 1991. He also developed a strong relationship with the European Improvised Music scene playing with musicians such as Peter Kowald, Peter Brotzmann, Han Bennink, Tony Oxley, Derek Bailey, Louis Sclavis, and Louis Moholo. He began recording in 1994 and leading his own bands on a regular basis founding two ensembles, In Order To Survive, and The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra. In 2001, Parker released O'Neal's Porch, which marked a turn toward a more universal sound working with drummer Hamid Drake. The Raining on the Moon Quintet followed, adding vocalist Leena Conquest and the Quartet from O'Neal's Porch. Most notable among many recent projects is the Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield. He has taught at Bennington College, NYU, The New England Conservatory of Music, Cal Arts, New School University and Rotterdam Conservatory of Music. He has also taught music workshops throughout the world including Paris, Berlin and Tokyo and the Lower East Side. Parker is also a theorist and author of several books including the Sound Journal, Document Humanum, Music and the Shadow People and The Mayor of Punkville.
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Fri Dec 11 2009
12:30a
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Romain Collin
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LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES: ROMAIN COLLIN FEATURING: Romain Collin, piano Other musicians, TBA "R...
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Show Details: LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES: ROMAIN COLLIN FEATURING: Romain Collin, piano Other musicians, TBA "Romain's playing conveys beauty, passion, and sophistication, in short, a true reflection of him." Russell Ferrante, founder of multi Grammy Award winning jazz group, Yellowjackets In 2007, Romain Collin graduated from the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz where he held a Full Scholarship as the pianist of an ensemble hand picked by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Terence Blanchard. During his studies Romain had the opportunity to tour with Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter in India ('07) and Vietnam ('05). US performances with the Monk Institute band included a concert at The Kennedy Center ('06) hosted by Quincy Jones and featuring Stevie Wonder, Patty Austin and Ron Carter amongst numerous others. At the Institute Romain also studied/shared the stage with artists such as Marcus Miller, Jimmy Heath, Wynton Marsalis, Terence Blanchard and Charlie Haden. It was during this time that Romain formed his trio and recorded his debut album, "The Rise and Fall of Pipokuhn". Romain, who was born in France, came to the US to attend the world-renowned Berklee College of Music on a Scholarship, where he studied jazz performance with the likes of Dave Liebman and Joe Lovano whilst majoring in Music Synthesis. During his studies Romain was recognized by the College with the highly coveted Joe Zawinul Award for Music Synthesis, and the Alex Ulanowski Scholarship for Composition. Whilst at Berklee the young pianist performed with legendary drummer Kenwood Dennard, Keyboardist/Composer George Duke, and opened for guitar great John Scofield. It was during his senior year that Romain co-produced the acclaimed debut album "Moving" by prodigious bassist Tony Grey (John McLaughlin, Hiromi), with one of the tracks ("White Woods") appearing on a "Tribute to Weather Report Compilation Album" (ESC Records,'05 - also featuring performances by the late Tony Williams, Christian McBride, Marcus Miller, Dennis Chambers and others). Romain's performance on the track was described by leading "All About Jazz" writer Phil Di Pietro as a "'a transcendant electric keyboard spot... A five-and-a-half star moment". NYC based Romain is currently performing with his trio in NYC and abroad. With his distinctive piano touch, emotive melodies and impressionistic soundscapes, Romain creates an intense and moving listening experience'
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