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Laurence Hobgood

Best known as a jazz piano virtuoso, arranger, composer, and Grammy Award winner, Laurence Hobgood - born in Salisbury, North Carolina on December 23, 1959 - has had a varied career that includes a nearly 20 year collaboration with vocalist Kurt Elling as well as his studio and live work with a long list of artists including Regina Carter, John Patitucci, Arturo Sandoval, Christian McBride, Larry Coryell, and many others. Alongside his piano playing, he’s been acknowledged as one of the key figures in the modernized updating of the ‘American songbook’ and the re-imagining and arr...