Reed player Ron Carter, director of jazz studies at Northern Illinois University, will be the featured soloist in concert with the Hersey High School Jazz Band at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the school, 1900 E. Thomas St., Arlington Heights. (articles.chicagotribune.com)
In 1974, Marsalis became the Director of Jazz Studies at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts high school, mentoring such contemporary artists as Reginald Veal, Terence Blanchard, and Harry Connick Jr.. (pratt.edu)
John Szwed is an anthropologist, musician, and writer who has taught African American studies, film studies, music, anthropology, and performance studies at New York University, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, and Columbia University, where he was director of the Center for Jazz Studies from 2009 — 14. (alisonjacquesgallery.com)