Stan Breckenridge is an American singer, soul and jazz pianist, performer, composer, academician, and author, and holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, USA. He is a world-class performer entertaining audiences worldwide in places like Dubai, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Slovakia, Ukraine, and the United States. Stan Breckenridge is the 2019 Recipient of Poland’s Amicus Poloniae Award (“Friend of Poland”), which is given annually to American citizens who have advanced Polish-American relations. (See article) He has appeared with and/or performed for personalities such as Madeleine Albright, Bill Cosby, Mahalia Jackson, Jerry Lewis, Martha Reeves (of the Vandellas), Larry McCormick, Greg Morris, Rowan and Martin, David Ruffin (of the Temptations), Nancy Sinatra, John Travolta, John Wayne, and many others.