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http://wkar.org/backstagepass/ MSU Professors of Jazz perform the Diego Rivera composition, "Little Giant" - a tribute to the late jazz saxophonist Johnny Griffin Composed the night before this world premiere performance, it features soloists Rick Roe on piano, Rodney Whitaker on bass, Diego Rivera on saxophone, Joe Gloss on guitar, T.S. Galloway on trombone and Randy Gilispie on drums. MSU Professors of Jazz is a hard-pop ensemble made of members of the MSU Jazz Studies Faculty, including Rick Roe, Rodney Whitaker, Diego Rivera, Sunny Wilkinson, Randy Gilispie, Joe Gloss and T.S. Galloway.