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Saxophonist Chris Potter, at age 38, almost seems fast-tracked to the head of his class to become regarded as one of the strongest players on the scene.

Just before Chris Potter launched into a solo that would keep a couple hundred attending his Saturday afternoon talk transfixed at the Greeley Recreation Center, he gazed to the ceiling for several seconds, as if he was contemplating the meaning of life.

Flo Rida seems to have a knack for getting a nation under his groove. After urging masses of clubgoers last year to get Low on the dance floor, he's turning heads again with the download record-busting Right Round from his new album, R.O.O.T.S. . He's perfected his formula of infectious beats, frisky lyrics and catchy choruses.