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Tonight on The Jazz Club, we celebrate legendary blind musician Sir George Shearing🎶 Hear an exclusive clip of host Jake Heart interviewing Carl from Shear Brass, a band dedicated to playing new arrangements of Shearing's music. Listen this Friday 6 pm and Saturday 8 pm.
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