College of Arts and Sciences
School of Music
Jazz Faculty
Jazz faculty members have performed with Randy Brecker, Tom Harrell, Lou Rawls, Lionel Hampton, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Clark Terry, Randy Brecker, Bill Watrous, Bobby Shew, and many other top artists. Faculty compositions and arrangements are widely published and regularly performed around the world.
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Greg Yasinitsky Coordinator of Jazz Studies, Jazz Big Band, Composition, Arranging, Saxophone, Jazz Theory |
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F. Dave Snider Jazz Bass, Coordinator of Combos, Rock Music, Jazz History |
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Gabe Condon Guitar, Guitar Ensemble, Jazz History, Rock Music |
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Dave Turnbull Coordinator of Brass and Percussion, Classical and Jazz Trumpet |
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David Jarvis Jazz and Classical Percussion, Percussion Ensemble, Music Education |
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Horace Alexander Young Saxophone, Improvisation, Jazz History |
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Jake Svendsen Jazz Keyboards, Jazz History, Rock Music |