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Cindy Blackman drummer for Lenny Kravitz (425 words)
	From her beginnings as a New York street performer, Blackmans rising star has been seen by millions of people all over the world performing with her own group as well as providing the percussive backbone for retro funk rocker Lenny Kravitz.
	But drumming isnt the only venue Blackman takes command of: her skill as a composer on her latest release, In the Now, evokes the spirits of 60s era Miles Davis and John Coltrane.
	Blackman will be around for a long time to come. She is thunder.

CMT.com : Cindy Blackman : Biography (171 words)
	An accomplished, yet not flamboyant or showy drummer, Cindy Blackman has become a well-respected drummer and occasional bandleader in a short time.
	Blackman began playing drums as a child and studied classical percussion at the University of Hartford and Berklee.
	Blackman was a big attraction at jam sessions organized at the Blue Note by Ted Curson, and played with Don Pullen's trio in 1990 at several festivals.

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