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Rodney Whitaker is associate professor of double bass and director of jazz studies at the Michigan State University College of Music. Whitaker is one of the leading performers and teachers of jazz ...

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MSU jazz studies director Rodney Whitaker was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in September.