Jazz pianist Bruce Dudley, a native of Rochester, New York, received degrees in music from New York University (B.S. Music, Business and Technology) and Eastman School of Music (M.M. Jazz and Contemporary Media). He has held college teaching positions at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, San Jacinto College in Houston, and Middle Tennessee State University. Bruce is currently on the faculty of Belmont University and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He has performed throughout Canada and the United States at jazz festivals and in nightclubs, and has been heard on National Public Radio and CBC radio and television. Dudley toured the U.S. with Grammy-winning vocalist Crystal Gayle from 1999 until 2001. He performs frequently, “Live in Studio C”, on WPLN FM 90.3 in Nashville and at the Nashville Jazz Workshop. He has played keyboards with more than a dozen national touring Broadway Shows and has numerous recordings to his credit, including his own trio recording, “Semblance”, and Sandra Dudley’s “Close To You” CD. Both are available at www.cdbaby.com

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