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- [Announcer] This presentation

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of the American Pianists

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is made possible through the

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and the arts community.

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(big band music)

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(audience applauds and cheers)

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- Well, good evening everyone,

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and welcome to the American

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American Pianists Awards in

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presented by REI Real Estate

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Now, we are live here at

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in downtown Indianapolis,

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I'm Dee Dee Bridgewater, and I

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(audience applauding)

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Thank you so much.

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I'm so happy to be here.

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Now this isn't my first time.

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I was the guest singer

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Ooh!

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Eons ago, but this time

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Kurt who gets to do the singing,

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and I get to do all the talking!

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(audience laughing)

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But it's always good to be in

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and a part of this terrific

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of the American Pianists

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Every four years, America's

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compete for APA's Cole

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The award is valued at well over

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Mm-hm!

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And, and, and, it includes

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which is the largest in

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It's an invitation also to

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on the Mack Avenue label

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as well as career assistance

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for two years through the B

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public relations through

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and being named Artist

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at the University of

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(audience applauds and cheers)

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Pretty cool.

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Okay, tonight we are fortunate

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the one and only, Kurt

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with each of the finalists.

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Kurt is one of the preminent,

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Preeminent, what was preminent?

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(audience laughing)

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I'm a little ahead of myself.

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I do apologize.

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Preeminent jazz singers of the

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I'm getting us off to a really

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He is called the standout

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by the "New York Times".

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He is a Grammy Award winner

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Please welcome my dear

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(audience applauds and cheers)

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(kisses smacking)

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Well, Kurt.

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- I gotta say that outfit of

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is pretty preminent as well.

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It's a new word.

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- Oh, it's working.

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- I am the disco ball of the

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I just want you to...

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- [Kurt] It's definitely

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- What is that, darling?

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- [Kurt] I said it's good.

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- Is it good?

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- I'm a fan!

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(Dee Dee moans lightly)

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- I gotta text message that

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very sparkly, and my

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that sent it was, "Oh, I got

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I mean, yeah, you know what I'm

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But it's all about you

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It is all about you.

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- I got a text that said, come

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as a middle-aged white man.

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- That's okay.

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You middle-aged white

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bald, black woman are going

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Is that okay with you, Kurt?

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- We're already doing it, my

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- [Dee Dee] Is that we're doing?

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- That's it, this is what it

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- All right, everybody are you

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Okay, here we go, here we go,

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The first finalist grew

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He studied in New York and

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and he continues to live in

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Keelan Dimick is 27.

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Please welcome jazz pianist

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(gentle and lively jazz piano)

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♪ Pack up my care and woe ♪

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♪ Here I go swinging low ♪

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♪ Where someone waits for me ♪

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♪ Sugar's sweet and so is she ♪

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♪ No one here can ever try

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♪ Oh, what hard luck

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♪ Make my bed and light the

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♪ Try to arrive late tonight ♪

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♪ Blackbird, fare thee bye ♪

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♪ It's bye, bye, bye, bye, bye,

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♪ Fare thee well ♪

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♪ Fare thee well I tell

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♪ I'll pack up my cares and woes

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♪ And spread my wings a spell ♪

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♪ Sick of city lights that

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♪ Blackbird, blackbird,

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♪ (Scats) Here can love

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♪ I can see pretty clear ♪

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♪ Everybody gotta story to hear

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♪ Make up my bed tonight ♪

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♪ Light the place all right ♪

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♪ I'm coming home tonight ♪

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♪ They flying high through

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♪ Blackbird bye, bye ♪

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♪ Said here life isn't clean ♪

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♪ Pretty cold and really pretty

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♪ So I'm gonna quit the scene ♪

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♪ To where someone waits for me

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♪ Sugar's sweet and so is she ♪

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♪ So pretty blackbird

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♪ Bye bye ♪

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♪ Ain't nobody here who

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♪ I can see pretty clear ♪

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♪ Everybody here gotta story

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♪ So I better make my bed up ♪

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♪ Lighten up my light ♪

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♪ Blackbird, I'm coming home ♪

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♪ Pack up my flight and

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♪ Ain't nobody here to love

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♪ No what hard luck stories

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♪ Make my bed and light my light

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♪ And I'll arrive back tonight ♪

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♪ So blackbird fare thee well ♪

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♪ And bye bye ♪

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♪ So blackbird ♪

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♪ Talking 'bout bye bye

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♪ Packing up my care and woes ♪

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♪ Talking 'bout here I go ♪

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♪ Hey, doo-doo blackbird ♪

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♪ Bye bye ♪

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♪ Bye bye ♪

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- [Dee Dee] Ladies and

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- Keelan Dimick!

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- That was Keelan Dimick with

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and "Bye Bye Blackbird".

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Dave Meder, our next

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originally from Tampa,

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and Julliard, lived in

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when he accepted a position

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of Jazz Piano at the

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Dave is a pianist, composer, and

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and at the tender age of 28

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Please welcome Dave Meder!

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(audience applauding)

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- Well, the beautiful

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that was "Bye Bye Blackbird",

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and we have an Alec Wilder

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that is I feel bespoke for the

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♪ Deep is the midnight sea ♪

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♪ Warm is the fragrant night ♪

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♪ Sweet are your lips to me ♪

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♪ As soft as the moon and sand ♪

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♪ When shall we meet again ♪

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♪ When the night has left us ♪

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♪ Will the spell remain ♪

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♪ The waves invade the shore ♪

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♪ And though we may kiss no more

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♪ Night is at our command ♪

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♪ Moon and sand ♪

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♪ And the magic of love ♪

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♪ Warm is the fragrant night ♪

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♪ Sweet are your lips to me ♪

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♪ As soft as the moon and sand ♪

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♪ Oh, when shall we meet again ♪

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♪ When the night has left us ♪

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♪ Will the spell remain ♪

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♪ The waves invade the shore ♪

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♪ Though we may kiss no more ♪

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♪ Night is at our command ♪

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♪ Moon and sand ♪

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♪ And the magic of love ♪

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♪ Moon and sand ♪

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♪ And the magic of love ♪

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Dave Meder!

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- Wow.

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What a beautiful song.

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Let's talk about our next

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He's originally from Columbus,

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but he now lives in Atlanta.

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Kenny Banks, Jr. is the son of

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who are both musicians,

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Please welcome jazz

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- (sighs) Yeah, yeah,

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(audience laughing)

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Y'all saw them?

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(gentle upbeat jazz piano music)

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- Yessir.

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♪ Georgia ♪

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♪ Georgia ♪

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♪ All day through ♪

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♪ Just an old sweet song ♪

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♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind ♪

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♪ Georgia ♪

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♪ A song of you ♪

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♪ Comes as sweet and clear ♪

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♪ As moonlight through the pines

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♪ Other arms reach out to me ♪

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♪ Other eyes smile tenderly ♪

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♪ Still in peaceful dreams I see

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♪ The road ♪

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♪ Leading back to you ♪

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(people laughing)

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Yessir.

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(Kenny singing faintly)

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(audience applauds and cheers)

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♪ Other arms reach out to me ♪

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♪ Other eyes smile tenderly ♪

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♪ Still in peaceful dreams I see

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♪ The road leading back to you ♪

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♪ Georgia ♪

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♪ No peace I find ♪

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♪ Just an old sweet song ♪

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♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind ♪

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♪ And just an old sweet song ♪

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♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind ♪

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(audience applauding and

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Kenny Banks, Jr.!

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- Hello, I'm Joel Harrison,

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and artistic director of the

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Thank you for being a part

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The American Pianists Awards

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We are so proud to be

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and so inspired by the

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who have been a part of our work

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since our founding in 1979.

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Tonight we add one more

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bringing the total to 47.

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Our process is unique in the

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Participation is by nomination

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and winners must be American

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between the ages of 18 and 30.

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Those chosen as finalists are

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The five jazz pianists

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are at the top of their game,

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have already won $20,000 each

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and very shortly, we will hear

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the 2019 winner of the

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and the Cole Porter

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the $100,000 prize, the largest

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On behalf of the board of the

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our fabulous guest artists,

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Kurt Elling and Dee Dee

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the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz

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and most especially, the

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we are hearing, thank you for

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for this exciting evening.

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did we not?

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So now we come back for more.

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This time with the

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Now the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz

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is a 17-piece orchestra led

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by its conductor, Brent

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And Mark Buselli who is

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in the trumpet section.

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Hey!

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They have played a role in the

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so I wanna say thank you to

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and the members of this

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Thank you, lady and gentlemen.

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♪ Ooh ♪

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(audience laughing)

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How are you all feeling?

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(audience cheers)

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Okay, our fourth finalist,

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he's originally from

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and studied in New

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Billy Test is 30, and this year

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he's living in Cologne, Germany

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where he is pianist with the WDR

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Please welcome Billy Test!

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(audience applauds and cheers)

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(gentle jazz music)

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(more intense, upbeat jazz

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(audience applauding and

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(audience applauding and

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- Billy Test!

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Our last finalist of the

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♪ Ooh ♪

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is Emmet Cohen.

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Okay, so those of you that went,

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you know that he's originally

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He studied there and in New

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and he continues to live in

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his performing and touring

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Emmet is 28 years old.

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Emmet Cohen!

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(people lightly laughing)

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(audience applauding and

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(men laughing)

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Emmet Cohen!

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Emmet Cohen!

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Wow.

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This is just thrilling.

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What outstanding performances.

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Congratulations to all of the

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and this has been

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(audience applauding)

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Well the performances are all

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and now the jury must

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to tabulate the scores.

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(audience applauding)

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- Okay, here we go.

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Here's the envelope.

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It's sealed.

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The winner of the 2019

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and the Cole Porter

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(audience applauding and

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(upbeat jazz music)

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(light jazz piano music)

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- [Emmet] Well, I guess we're

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and it's important to have as

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just like it's important as a

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if you wanna culture

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about the world, to travel

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to experience different

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to experience different foods,

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to have different mentors.

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The more influences you have,

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the less like anyone in

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You want as many teachers

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and as many points of view as

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I have gained different

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from Christian McBride and from

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and from Jimmy Cobb and from

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and from Benny Golson.

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I definitely try to spend as

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and as many minutes and

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around the oldest possible jazz

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who have been closest to the

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Really just spending time

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has been my way of soaking all

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and learning from them, but

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and preach in my own original

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- Emmet is great.

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He's very real, so coming in,

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it was wonderful to watch

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If a kid didn't wanna like, for

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take out their instrument and

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He was like, "Well, I just

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"to work with you, but

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"take your saxophone out of its

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and just really leveled with the

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in a way that let them know

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than just them, but at the same

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how cool music is and inspiring

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- One nugget is to just keep

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Practice every day.

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Don't give up practice for

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He also told me to

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'cause you have to know

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So I'll keep practicing them.

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- Emmet is very kind and

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He likes to talk with everybody

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and discuss multiple

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just the culture and

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and where he came from as well.

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My biggest takeaway is that you

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when you play music, you should

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behind it and by learning

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you're able to play better.

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(uptempo jazz and ragtime piano

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(audience applauding and