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A great album of straight-ahead jazz, this new release features a program of wonderful acoustic jazz composed by John Perrine. John Perrine is Associate Professor, Coordinator of Jazz Studies and Department Chair at Cleveland State University. He has premiered works by Kari Juusela, Aaron Johnson, William Price, Greg D'Allesio and others. Perrine holds a DMA from Louisiana State University, a Masters in Jazz Pedagogy from Northwestern University, and a BME from Stetson University. He is a founding member of the Neo- Tessares Saxophone Quartet as well as the Red Stick Saxophone Quartet. Red Stick has won national prizes in the MTNA and Fischoff chamber music competitions. Perrine's composition "Vonnegut: Suite for Saxophone Quartet" was premiered at the North American Saxophone Alliance International Convention in Columbia, South Carolina by the Red Stick Saxophone Quartet. This is his sophomore album.