This week’s guest on David Krauss’s popular podcast is Alexa Tarantino, the first female full-time member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. ‘Every day’s a pinch-me moment,’ she says.
Alexa started early, performing with Earth, Wind, and Fire while still a student at the Eastman School of Music. She’s going places.
Listen here.
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