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Hey, everybody. My name is Brent, and you're listening to the LJS podcast episode number six, where today we're going to be talking about why jazz is important to society.

And this is such an important episode.

In fact, if you never listen to any other episode of this podcast ever again, at least please listen to this episode. In fact, if you never listen to any other episode of this podcast ever again,

at least please listen to this episode. This is all about why we even do what we do here on Learn Jazz Standards. It's why I do what I do. It's my life goal, my life mission. All of this

is embodied in this topic. So I really hope you'll stay tuned with us and check

out this episode. But before we get started, all the music on today's show is by our founder,

Camden Hughes, from his album, Introspective. And so if you like the music on today's show and maybe

you want to buy the album, you can go to his website, camdenhues.com, and go to can canmmyhue's

store. And if you're listening to this on the website, you can find that link in the show notes.

And one more thing before we get started. If you find value in this podcast, we hope that you will

add value back. This podcast is 100% supported by listeners like you, and we hope to

always keep this podcast ad-free. So if you're listening on the website, there's a support

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