… class training ground whose students have gone on to perform alongside some of the top jazz artists of the world. It's a case of those who can do teach as Whitaker himself spent seven years as a bassist with Wynton Marsalis, the Septet and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, followed by a quarter century touring around the world, collaborating and performing with legendary jazz artists from Dizzy Gillespie to Diana Krall. And he continues to teach master classes at universities around the world, all while serving as the artistic director at the MSU. (20:59–21:16)
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Asserts that Rodney Whitaker spent seven years as a bassist with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and toured for a quarter century.
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