Summer Jazz Academy Alumni
2016 Alumni
Miranda Agnew, Trumpet (Tucson, AZ)
Camerahn Alforque, Trumpet (San Diego, CA)
Jesus Anduz, Trumpet (Vedado, CUBA)
Abdias Armenteros, Saxophone (Miami Lakes, FL)
Jesse Beckett-Herbert, Saxophone (Seattle, WA)
Anne Bennett, Saxophone (Raleigh, NC)
Joseph Block, Piano (Philadelphia, PA)
Andray Bowman, Trombone (Brooklyn, NY)
Ari Carpenter, Bass (Oakland, CA)
Benjamin Cohen, Saxophone (New York, NY)
Ciara Connolly, Drums (Middlebury, CT)
Joshua Cook, Drums (Cincinnati, OH)
Zaq Davis, Trumpet (New York, NY)
Devante Dunbar, Saxophone (Queens, NY)
Madeleine Ertel, Trumpet (Kelowna, CANADA)
Matt Ferraro, Guitar (Chicago, IL)
Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Saxophone (Bethel, CT)
Hector Gagnet, Saxophone (Dayton, OH)
Joseph Giordano, Trombone (Albany, NY)
Michael Goldstein, Trombone (Bayside, NY)
Tyler Greengard, Saxophone (Hoover, AL)
James Haddad, Trumpet (Brooklyn, NY)
Lexi Hamner, Trombone (Cincinnati, OH)
Craig Jackson, Saxophone (Dayton, OH)
JarienJames Jamanilla, Saxophone(San Diego, CA)
Ahmad Johnson, Drums (Riviera Beach, FL)
Porter Jones, Trombone (Seattle, WA)
Maya Keren, Piano (Wyndmoor, PA)
Jan Knutson, Guitar (Berwyn Heights, MD)
Miles Lennox, Piano (Sunrise, FL)
Liany Mateo, Bass (Jersey City, NJ)
Frank McKearn, Trumpet (Beloit, WI)
Jacob Melsha, Trombone (Kirkwood, MO)
Elijah Micheaux, Trumpet (Houston, TX)
Jonah Moss, Trumpet (Walnut Creek, CA)
Philip Norris, Bass (Wake Forest, NC)
Shaan Pandiri, Bass (Chatham, NJ)
Jacob Polly, Piano (Princeton, NJ)
Christian Ramirez, Bass (Vancouver, WA)
Joey Siegel, Guitar (West Hartford, CT)
John Steele, Drums (San Diego, CA)
Benjamin Turner, Guitar (Cherry Hill, NJ)
Jake Zaslov, Trumpet (Richmond, VA)
2015 Alumni
Zachary Adleman, Drums (Montclair, NJ)
Drew Anderson, Trumpet (Richmond, VA)
Jelani Banfield, Bass (Elmhurst, NY)
Jesse Beckett-Herbert, Saxophone (Seattle, WA)
Anne Bennett, Saxophone (Raleigh, NC)
Benjamin Cohen, Saxophone (New York, NY)
Elijah Cole, Guitar (Garrett Park, MD)
Dylan Cooper, Piano (Centreville, VA)
Zaq Davis, Trumpet (New York, NY)
John Dimase, Trumpet (Albany, NY)
Auden Durant, Trombone (Bellevue, WA)
Cosimo Fabrizio, Guitar (South Orange, NJ)
Ben Fitzpatrick, Saxophone (Bethel, CT)
Christopher Gomez, Drums (Brooklyn, NY)
James Haddad, Trumpet (Brooklyn, NY)
Lexi Hamner, Trombone (Cincinnati, OH)
Sydney Henry, Drums (Pembroke Pines, FL)
Anthony Hervey, Trumpet (Miramar, FL)
Nigel Hervey, Saxophone (Miramar, FL)
Tyler Greengard, Saxophone (Hoover, AL)
JarienJames Jamanila, Saxophone (San Diego, CA)
Kevin Jiang, Trombone (Towaco, NJ)
Benjamin Jones, Trombone (Seattle, WA)
Jan Knutson, Guitar (Berwyn Heights, MD)
Christopher Mondak, Bass (Champaign, IL)
Johnny Steele, Drums (San Diego, CA)
Francis McKearn, Trumpet (Beloit, WI)
Elijah Micheaux, Trumpet (Houston, TX)
Emilio Modeste, Saxophone (Bronx, NY)
Jonas Moss, Trumpet (Walnut Creek, CA)
Alexander Mullins, Trombone (St. Louis, MO)
Philip Norris, Bass (Wake Forest, NC)
Aidan O'Connor, Saxophone (River Edge, NJ)
Shaan Pandiri, Bass (Chatham, NJ)
Jacob Polly, Piano (Princeton, NJ)
Luca Rodoni, Trumpet (Park City, UT)
Evan Siegel, Guitar (Dallas TX)
Christopher Sisco, Trumpet (Mebane, NC)
Charlie Sothcott, Trombone (Cary, NC)
Sergio Tabanico, Saxophone (Tucson, AZ)
Isaiah Thompson, Piano (West Orange, NJ)
James Wood, Piano (Raleigh, NC)
Eric Wortzman, Trumpet (East Setauket, NY)
2016 Repertoire
2016 Repertoire
Combos
King Oliver
Dippermouth Blues
Krooked Blues
Snake Rag
Canal Street Blues
Froggie Moore
Mabel’s Dream
Jazzin’ Babies Blues
Riverside Blues
THELONIOUS MONK
Ugly Beauty
Well You Needn’t
In Walked Bud
Evidence Hackensack
Bye-Ya
Reflections
Trinkle Tinkle
HORACE SILVER
Room 608
Nica’s Dream
Señor Blues
Sister Sadie
Doodlin’ Strollin’ Cookin’ at the Continental
Quicksilver
ORNETTE COLEMAN
Ramblin’
Peace
Lonely Woman
Broadway Blues
Bird Food
Law Years
Kathelin Gray
Tomorrow is the Question
CHARLES MINGUS
Meditations on Integration
Fables of Faubus
E’s Flat Ah’s Flat Too
Jelly Roll
Self Portrait in Three Colors
O.P.
Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
Moanin’
GERALD MARKS and SEYMOUR SIMONS
All of Me
ISHAM JONES and GUS KAHN
It Had to Be You
GEORGE and IRA GERSHWIN
Love Is Here to Stay
They Can’t Take That Away from Me
COLE PORTER
What Is This Thing Called Love
JIMMY MCHUGH and DOROTHY FIELDS
On the Sunny Side of the Street
JOHNNY BURKE and ARTHUR JOHNSTON
Pennies from Heaven
JEROME KERN and OTTO HARBACH
Yesterdays
Big Band
- After Supper – Neal Hefti
- Almost Cried – Duke Ellington
- Arranged by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn, Transcribed by David Berger
- Chinoiserie (from The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse Suite) – Duke Ellington Transcribed by David Berger
- Cuchifrito – Carlos Henriquez Harlem Airshaft – Duke Ellington Transcribed by David Berger
- Harlem Congo – Harry White Arranged by Charlie Dixon, Transcribed by Mark Lopeman
- Mama G aka Nellie Bly – Wayne Shorter Arranged by Chris Crenshaw
- Tiptoe – Thad Jones
- Again and Again – Benny Carter
- Armageddon – Wayne Shorter
- Arranged by Marcus Printup
- Feet Bone – Duke Ellington Transcribed by David Berger
- Little Pixie II – Thad Jones Manteca – Dizzy Gillespie
- Arranged by Gil Fuller
- Stay On It – Andy Razaf, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb & Edgar Sampson Transcribed by Mark Lopeman
- Stompin’ at the Savoy – Andy Razaf, Benny Goodman, Chick Webb & Edgar Sampson Arranged by Bill Holman
- Such Sweet Thunder (from Such Sweet Thunder) – Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn Arranged by David Berger
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