This figure is now around 60%, said Mike Getz, Director of Learning and Communication Technologies for the school.

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Deschanel grew up listening to jazz greats from Ella Fitzgerald and Anita O'Day to Chet Baker and Stan Getz.

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"It's a portal system where students and instructors log in and have all their course content, access to various resources, " Getz said.

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This is particularly important given that some students combine their learning with a full-time job, only coming into the school occasionally, explains Getz.

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"It changes the dynamic when there's a group of students who have something in common that other students don't share, " says Dean Kathleen A. Getz.

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But she did eventually hook up with Getz, who already had her favorite rhythm section of Clint Houston and Billy Hart, from 1975 to '77.

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At Alberta, an agreement with software giant Microsoft gives students free access to what Getz calls "pretty close to everything Microsoft makes" while they are enrolled.

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So was Jazz at the Philharmonic, the now-legendary series of concert tours in which Granz brought together such illustrious artists as Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich and Lester Young.

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When he arrived in New York City, he immediately got to play with such famous bandleaders as Horace Silver, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, Gil Evans and Stan Getz, all of whom recognized the dexterity and musicality of the young Clarke.

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