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By Eric Olsen, Special to the Seattle TimesIn 1992, saxophonist Michael Brockman and drummer Clarence Acox led a “pickup group” of Seattle jazz musicians through some of Duke Ellington’s deep catalog at the University of Washington’s Meany Hall. They’d been staging an annual Ellington concert for three years. But this time, “We looked at each other,” Brockman remembers, “and said, ‘You know,…
As principal saxophonist of the Wind Ensemble and member of the UW Saxophone Quartet, recent School of Music graduate Melissa Winstanley has consistently proven herself to be an exceptional student and a talented and dedicated performer. But she recently received much broader recognition of the highest order for her academic record at the UW when she was named…