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Thundercat is a multi-genre, multi-talented musician who has worked with the likes of Flying Lotus, Kendrick Lamar and more.
Born into a musical family in Los Angeles, jazz musician Kamasi Washington attended the prestigious Hamilton High School of Music followed by UCLA. He has toured and recorded with Snoop Dogg, Raphael Saadiq, Kendrick Lamar, Gerald Wilson, Lauryn Hill, Mos Def and Chaka Khan, among others. With his 10-piece band, the Next Step, Kamasi recently released his groundbreaking album The Epic and is currently on tour worldwide. Connect with Kamasi on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kamasiw?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/KamasiW" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, his <a href="http://www.kamasiwashington.com/" target="_blank">artist website</a> and <a href="http://brainfeeder.net/kamasiwashington/" target="_blank">the Brainfeeder label website</a>.

Thundercat and Kamasi Washington

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Born into a musical family in Los Angeles, jazz musician Kamasi Washington attended the prestigious Hamilton&nbsp;High School of Music followed by UCLA. He has toured and recorded with Snoop Dogg, Raphael Saadiq,&nbsp;Kendrick Lamar, Gerald Wilson, Lauryn Hill, Mos Def and Chaka Khan, among others. With his 10-piece band, the&nbsp;Next Step, Kamasi recently released his groundbreaking album&nbsp;The Epic&nbsp;and is currently on tour worldwide. Connect with Kamasi on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/kamasiw?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/KamasiW" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, his <a href="http://www.kamasiwashington.com/" target="_blank">artist website</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://brainfeeder.net/kamasiwashington/" target="_blank">the Brainfeeder label website</a>. (Photo credit: Mike Park)

Kamasi Washington

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Dan Wilson is an artist, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist based in Los Angeles who is best known as the lead singer of the band Semisonic, for which he wrote the Grammy-nominated smash “Closing Time” as well as other international hits. Since Semisonic, Dan has released two solo albums and has become a highly sought-after songwriting collaborator due to his songwriting, performing and production skills. He has written with and produced a diverse group of artists including  Adele, Dixie Chicks, Chris Stapleton, John Legend, The Head &amp; The Heart, Dierks Bentley, Florence Welch, Jim James, Keith Urban, Carol King, Spoon, Pink, Taylor Swift, and many others. Dan contributed three songs to Adele’s album, 21, including the hit “Someone Like You,” which he also produced, thus earning himself a Grammy for Album of the Year.  A few years earlier, Wilson took home a Song of the Year Grammy for “Not Ready to Make Nice,” one of six songs he co-wrote for the Dixie Chicks’ award-winning album Taking the Long Way. Wilson’s third solo album, Love Without Fear, was released in 2014. Recently, Dan co-wrote nine songs on Phantogram’s new album Three, including their single “You Don’t Get Me High Anymore” (which he also co-produced). You can follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/DanWilsonMusic" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/danwilsonmusic/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and his website is <a href="http://www.danwilsonmusic.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.

Dan Wilson

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