Academic and Performance Areas

The Jazz Studies faculty at MSU has performed nationally and internationally with many of the who's who in the jazz world, such as:

• Dianne Reeves
• Diana Krall
• Mulgrew Miller
• Pat Methany
• Berlin Philharmonic
• Kurt Mazur & The New York Philharmonic
• Czech Philharmonic
• Seiji Ozawa & The Boston Symphony
• Bob James
• Delfeayo Marsalis
• Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
• American Symphony Orchestra of New York
• Alain Trudel & The Brass Band of Battle Creek
• Roy Hargrove
• Terence Blanchard
• George Benson
• Jon Faddis
• Frank Foster
• Joe Williams
• Cassandra Wilson
• Nancy Wilson
• Rufus Reid
• Clark Terry
• Kenny Baron
• James Moody
• The O'Jays
• Marcus Belgrave
• Tommy Flanagan
• Barry Harris
• Geri Allen
• Gene Ammons
• Lou Donaldson
• Etta Jones
• Jimmy Witherspoon
• John Lee Hooker
• Big Maybelle
• Chicago Jazz Orchestra
• Betty 'Be-Bop' Carter
• Lionel Hampton
• Harry "Sweets" Edison
• Joe Henderson
• Curtis Fuller
• Mark Murphy
• Milt Hinton
• And many, many more……