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Years employed
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Faculty name
|
Title
|
Area
|
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1958-81
|
Paul Tanner
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz History
|
|
1966-present
|
Gary Gray
|
Professor
|
Director, Jazz Ensembles
|
|
1967-71
|
Willie Ruff
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz History
|
|
1967-94
|
Alden Ashforth
|
Professor
|
New Orleans Jazz History
|
|
1981-89
|
Warren Pinckney
|
Assistant Professor
|
Jazz History
|
|
1982-present
|
Gordon Henderson
|
Professor
|
Director, Jazz Ensembles
|
|
1986-89
|
David Such
|
Visiting Assistant Professor
|
Jazz
|
|
1987-88
|
Charles Weisenberg
|
Visiting Assistant Professor
|
Jazz
|
|
1989
|
John "Dizzy" Gillespie
|
Regents' Lecturer
|
Jazz
|
|
1989-90
|
Frank Bennett
|
Visiting Assistant Professor
|
Jazz
|
|
1989-90
|
Leonard Feather
|
Visiting Professor
|
Jazz
|
|
1990-91; 2010
|
Eddie S. Meadows
|
Visiting Professor
|
Jazz
|
|
1991
|
Yusef Lateef
|
Regents' Lecturer
|
Jazz
|
|
1991-92
|
Thomas Owens
|
Visiting Professor
|
Jazz
|
|
1991; 1992-08
|
Gerald Wilson
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz History, Director, Big Band
|
|
1994
|
Tito Puente
|
Regents' Lecturer
|
Latin Jazz
|
|
1995-present
|
Kenny Burrell
|
Professor and Jazz Studies Director (Lecturer in African American Studies from 1978-95)
|
Director, Contemporary Jazz Ensemble, Director, Jazz Combo, Ellingtonia
|
|
1996-99
|
Oscar Brashear
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Trumpet
|
|
1996-00
|
Billy Childs
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Piano
|
|
1996-01
|
Garnett Brown
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Trombone and Director, Big Band
|
|
1996-01
|
Billy Higgins
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Percussion
|
|
1996-01
|
Harold Land
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Saxophone
|
|
1996-05
|
Tom Ranier
|
Adjunct Assistant Professor
|
Jazz Theory and Improvisation, Jazz Keyboard Harmony, Jazz Piano
|
|
1996-present
|
George Bohanon
|
Adjunct Assistant Professor
|
Jazz Trombone, Director, Jazz Combo
|
|
1996-present
|
Roberto Miranda
|
Adjunct Associate Professor
|
Jazz Bass
|
|
1996-present
|
Barbara Morrison
|
Adjunct Assistant Professor
|
Jazz Vocals
|
|
1996-present
|
Ruth Price
|
Adjunct Assistant Professor
|
Jazz Vocals
|
|
1997
|
Herbie Hancock
|
Regents' Lecturer
|
Jazz Piano, Composition
|
|
1998-08
|
Anthony Wilson
|
Adjunct Assistant Professor
|
Jazz Guitar, Director, Jazz Combo
|
|
1998-present
|
Michele Weir
|
Adjunct Associate Professor
|
Jazz Vocals, Director, Jazz Combo
|
|
1999-04
|
Llew Matthews
|
Lecturer
|
Director, Big Band, Jazz Piano
|
|
2000-present
|
Bobby Rodriguez
|
Adjunct Assistant Professor
|
Director, LatinJazz Ensemble
|
|
2001-05
|
Sherman Ferguson
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Percussion
|
|
2002, 2004
|
Alessandro Duranti
|
Professor, Anthropology
|
Aesthetics of Jazz
|
|
2002-present
|
Charles Owens
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Woodwinds, Director, Jazz Combo
|
|
2004-present
|
Charley Harrison
|
Lecturer
|
Director, Jazz Orchestra and Jazz History
|
|
2005-present
|
Tamir Hendelman
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Theory and Improvisation, Jazz Keyboard Harmony, Jazz Piano, Composition
|
|
2006
|
Henry Butler
|
Regents' Lecturer
|
Blues, Jazz, New Orleans piano
|
|
2006-present
|
Clayton Cameron
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Percussion, Director, Jazz Combo
|
|
2008-present
|
Wolf Marshall
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Guitar
|
|
2008-present
|
James Newton
|
Professor
|
Jazz History, Composition, Director, Contemporary Jazz Orchestra, and Director, Charles Mingus Ensemble
|
|
2009-present
|
Justo Almario
|
Lecturer
|
Jazz Saxophone
|
