David Baker

David Baker

male, 77 years old
David Nathaniel Baker Jr, Third Stream musician, Indianapolis, SmithsonianJazzMasterworksOrchestra, Jacobs School of Music, Third Stream Jazz…jazz improvisation, International Association of Jazz Educators, National Jazz Service Organization, American Symphony Orchestra League
David Nathaniel Baker Jr. (born December 21, 1931 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a leading symphonic jazz composer at the Indiana University Jacobs...
Gunther Schuller

Gunther Schuller

male, 84 years old
Third Stream musician, horn, Third Stream, SmithsonianJazzMasterworksOrchestra, American, Postmodern composer…jazz
Gunther Schuller (born November 22 1925) is an American composer and horn player. He is regarded as one of the key figures in contemporary...
Rick Simerly

Rick Simerly

male
East Tennessee State University, director, junior high school, milligan, Instructor, Associate Professor of Music…SmithsonianJazzMasterworksOrchestra
Rick Simerly (2001) Associate Professor of Music Simerly joined Milligan's faculty in 2001 after two decades in music education in the public...
Sam Burtis

Sam Burtis

ithaca college, SmithsonianJazzMasterworksOrchestra, graduated from Ithaca College, Burklee School of Music
Sam Burtis Sam Burtis graduated from Ithaca College in 1965 and from Burklee School of Music in 1968, and is an active trombone player and teacher...

Chuck Owen

male
university of south florida, band, SmithsonianJazzMasterworksOrchestra, Distinguished University Professor, Director of the Center, IAJE International…Tonight Show Orchestra, Netherlands Metropole Orchestra
Chuck Owen Chuck Owen is Distinguished University Professor of Jazz Studies and Director of the Center for Jazz Composition at the University of...

Jeffrey Lindberg

male
University of Illinois, University of Iowa, white house, conducting, kennedy center, B.S.…SmithsonianJazzMasterworksOrchestra, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Chicago Jazz Orchestra, Wooster Jazz Ensemble, Wooster Symphony Orchestra
Jeffrey Lindberg Professor of Music Jeffrey Lindberg , orchestra and jazz ensembles, trombone, jazz history and improvisation. Professor of...

Brent Wallarab

male
smithsonian, Researcher, SmithsonianJazzMasterworksOrchestra, Museum of American History, advisor for the Smithsonian
Brent Wallarab Since 1991, Brent Wallarab has been lead trombonist with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, the jazz orchestra in...