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Reno Jazz Festival Kicks Off Thursday

KUNR Public Radio | By Danna O’Connor
Published April 22, 2015 at 2:01 PM PDT

Saxophonist Donny McCaslin performs with the Reno Collective Thursday the 23rd at 7:30pm at Nightingale Concert Hall.  On Friday at 7:30pm Vertical Voices and the SF Jazz Collective perform at Lawlor Events Center.  Danna O'Connor chats with Peter Epstein, Director of Jazz Studies at UNR.
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Danna O’Connor
Danna has been with KUNR Public Radio since 1995. She started as a weekend announcer, then full time jazz host and in 2008 became the local host for NPR’s Morning Edition.
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