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HIP HOP BLUES PROJECT 2005  While doing educational concerts for Carnegie Hall I met students who asked me about writing a piece for them. They memorized...

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Akua Dixon - Cellist, Composer, Conductor, Educator

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Cellist-Composer-Conductor-Educator, Akua Dixon has been at the forefront of improvising string players since 1973.

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Akua Dixon At Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

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Akua Dixon At Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

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Akua Dixon At Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

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The multi-talented cellist leads her string ensemble in concert from the African-American neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, featuring her two children on voice and drums.

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Enjoy Jazz Cellist Akua Dixon!

Today we'll enjoy listening to the works of native New Yorker, Akua Dixon.

As a teen, Akua Dixon attended the infamous High School of Performing Arts and studied cello with Benar Heifetz. It wasn't easy for a young woman of color in the world of where the European classical tradition reigned, but Akua Dixon made a way for herself.

"I've been composing things, in a sense, all my life... As an African American musician growing up studying classical music, I feel that I can offer a specific view that not many people have thought about."

Cellist-Composer-Conductor-Educator, AkuaDixon has been at the forefront of improvising string players since 1973. NPR's Jazz Night In America reported on Akua Dixon's performance at the Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival that took place recently. In addition to the string ensemble featured on her latest album, Dixon was also joined by her two children: vocalist Andromeda Turre and drummer Orion Turre.

Over the years, Akua has toured the world performing with her Grammy Award-winning string quartet, Quartette Indigo, "jazz's leading string quartet" (Boston Globe). Akua's string arrangements can be heard on the five-time Grammy Award-winning album, THE MISEDUCATION OF LAURYN HILL and Aretha Franklin's Grammy nominated, A ROSE IS STILL A ROSE. She has performed with Duke Ellington, Max Roach, Ray Charles and other greats.

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Meet Akua Dixon, Jazz Cellist, Composer, Educator

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Enjoy Jazz Cellist Akua Dixon! Today we'll enjoy listening to the works of native New Yorker, Akua Dixon. As a teen, Akua Dixon attended the infamous High School of Performing Arts and studied cello with Benar Heifetz.

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