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Sean Dobbins

Sean Dobbins & the Modern Jazz

Lessons learned

by Piotr Michalowski

posted 5/17/2011

Some years ago a boy named Sean Dobbins joined the jazz band at Washtenaw Community College that was directed by Morris Lawrence. Lawrence took in kids of every level of ability and had developed a repertoire of original tunes that could be played by anyone on any instrument. A small group of us sat in a circle as Doc--the name Lawrence always went

 
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