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NEW YORK jazz pianist Wayne Hurt 1st garnered attention through the middle-1990s, performing on classes from Antonio Hart (Here We Stand), Russell Gunn (Gunn Fu) and Sherman Irby (BACK TO WHERE IT STARTED). His debut like a innovator, Dark Grooves–Mystical Rhythms, adopted on Blue Notice in 1999.

Post-bop alto saxophonist Sherman Irby was created and elevated in Tuscaloosa, AL; inspired by his family members to understand music, he originally thought we would play the viola, shifting to some instruments including electric guitar and piano before finally buying the sax as a teenager, soon getting infatuated with jazz. …