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DR. CASSANDRA WILSON – A two-time Grammy Award winner, Wilson is a jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer. She graduated with a degree in mass communications from Jackson State University and later received her Ph.D in Arts from Millsaps College.
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Her 1996 album New Moon Daughter won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. In 1997, she recorded and toured as a featured vocalist with Wynton Marsalis’ Pulitzer Prize winning composition, Blood on the Fields.