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Jason Hainsworth is an American Jazz Musician, Composer and Educator born in Houston, Texas, currently living in San Francisco California. He is the Associate Director, Roots, Jazz and American Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He studied at High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, attended the University of New Orleans and graduated from William Paterson University of New Jersey BM, Classical Performance (2000) and Florida State University (2002).

At Florida State, under the tutelage of Leon Anderson Jr and William "Bill" Peterson, Jason's was an active teacher's assistant graduating with a Masters of Music, Jazz Performance.

Upon graduation from Florida State, Hainsworth accepted a position of Director of Jazz Studies at Broward College in Davie, Florida in 2003. During his 14 year tenure, Jason was a five-time Finalist for the Endowed Teaching Chair Award and developed a big band program and became a founder of the Annual Essentially Ellington Florida Regional High School Jazz Festival. The festival was widely considered a showcase for students with ambitions of competing in the Annual Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition and Festival at the Lincoln Center in New York.

Jason's first big band album "Kaleidoscope" was well received and described as "attention-grabbing " and rated 41/2 stars by Edward Blanco in All About Jazz. "Third Ward Stories" an ode to the area of Houston where he grew up was his second studio album released by Origin Records, was selected as Editor's Pick by Downbeat Magazine.

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