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My Hunter College students visited by the horn section of The Roots :-)

May 19, 2016 / D.D. Jackson

(pictured: vocalist Sarina Mordukhayeva and Alfredo Hernandez on bass with The Roots horn players Ian Hendrickson-Smith and Dave Guy)

Saxist Ian Hendrickson-Smith and trumpeter Dave Guy (horn section from The Roots) jamming and playing killer horns with my students (pictured: vocalist Sarina Mordukhayeva and Alfredo Hernandez on bass) during the Final Concert (Spring semester) of the Hunter Pop Combos class I direct, this past Tuesday :-):