As Tia recalls, joining the band and performing in more than 90 venues across five continents was a dream come true.

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than be an academic or a professor." And so I did my degree in education and now here I am at TIA.

也不愿意做一个学者或教授。”所以我取得了教育学学位，现在在TIA。

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The tours were both exhilarating and grueling, but night-after-night, Tia managed to try out some jazzy new solos.

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Graduating with music degrees from Spelman College and the University of Colorado, Tia moved to New York where she performed and recorded with a who's who of jazz greats.

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Tia has never strayed far from her jazz roots.

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