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Podcast: Jazz88
Episode: "The Way of the World Is Collaboration, Not Competition," Scotty Barnhart on Basie, His Recent Grammy and the MMEA All State Jazz Orchestra
Description: Jazz88's Peter Solomon speaks with trumpeter Scotty Barnhart, the leader of the Basie Orchestra for the past twenty years. Barnhart discusses his early exposure to music at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, how he came to play the trumpet, how he felt the first time he heard the Basie Orchestra, the background behind his Grammy-winning album "Basie Swings the Blues," and what to expect from the MMEA All State Jazz Band which he will be leading in two sets at the Dakota Friday night.