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Washington State University
College of Arts and Sciences School of Music

Jazz Faculty

Jazz faculty members have performed with Tia Fuller, McCoy Tyner, Abdullah Ibrahim, Randy Brecker, Sean Jones, Tom Harrell, Jeff Coffin, Lou Rawls, Lionel Hampton, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Clark Terry, Bill Watrous, Bobby Shew and many other top artists. Faculty compositions and arrangements are widely published and regularly performed around the world.

 Darryl Singleton
Jazz Area Coordinator, Jazz Percussion, Black Music in America, Music and Social Justice
 Jake Svendsen
Jazz Combos Coordinator, Jazz Keyboards, History of Jazz, History of Rock and Roll
Aaron Hill
Big Band, Saxophone
Dave Turnbull
Brass Area Coordinator, Classical and Jazz Trumpet
César Haas
Classical and Jazz Guitar
Christian Kim
Music Business, Jazz/Commercial Composition
David Bjur
Jazz Bass
 Sarah Miller
Trombone, Associate Director of Athletic Bands
A.J. Miller
History of Jazz, Low Brass
Melissa Parkhurst
Ethnomusicology
Billie Feather
Class Guitar, UCORE