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Cuban jazz composer Zahili Zamora tells her story through music

Jazz pianist Zahili Zamora in a piano studio at Berklee College of Music. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
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Jazz pianist Zahili Zamora in a piano studio at Berklee College of Music. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Zahili Zamora has crossed many physical, cultural and emotional borders in her life. The Cuban-born jazz composer’s latest album, “Overcoming,” illustrates that journey.

WBUR’s Andrea Shea reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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