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Cal State East Bay Grad Student Featured On Grammy-Winning Album!
Mario Silva on trumpet is on tracks of Morgan Heritage's "Strictly Roots," Best Reggae Album of the year. Listen to him play: VIDEO.
ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA - A California State University East Bay graduate student was featured on a Grammy-winning reggae album, according to university officials.
Trumpet player Mario Silva, 36, attended the Grammy Awards Monday night as an album he was featured on -- Morgan Heritage’s “Strictly Roots” -- won a Grammy for Best Reggae Album of the Year. Silva said in a statement, “I remember recording it and thinking, wow, this sounds pretty amazing.”
According to university officials, Silva is earning his master’s degree in jazz performance.
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