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.
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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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Navin Chettri Jazz Percussion |
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Jake Svendsen Jazz Keyboards, Jazz History, Rock Music |
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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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Sarah Miller Trombone, Associate Director of Athletic Bands |
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Horace Alexander Young Saxophone, Improvisation, Jazz History |
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Melissa Parkhurst Ethnomusicology |