Faculty
The faculty at Litchfield Jazz Camp are among the finest jazz musicians in the country and the world. They are all touring and recording jazz musicians. Litchfield Jazz Camp’s music director is tenor saxophonist Don Braden. He and resident artists guide students through classes in performance, improvisation, jazz history, rhythm and percussion, music theory, the business of music, composition and recording engineering. Instruction is offered in voice, piano, guitar, bass, drums, Latin rhythms, saxophones, clarinet, flute, and brass. Evening jam sessions and resident and visiting artist concerts add to the course work. Current and past teaching artists include:
- Karrin Allyson - Vocal
- Don Braden - Saxophone, Music Director
- Wayne Escoffery - Tenor Saxophone
- Onaje Allan Gumbs - Piano
- Winard Harper - Drums
- Jeff Hirshfield - Drums
- Henry Johnson - Guitar
- Sheila Jordan - Vocal
- Dave Liebman - Soprano Saxophone, Guest Artist
- Peter Madsen - Piano
- Tony Malaby - Saxophone
- Junior Mance - Piano
- Nilson Matta - Bass
- Mario Pavone - Bass
- Charli Persip - Drums
- Valery Ponomarev - Trumpet
- Claudio Roditi - Trumpet
- Vanessa Rubin - Vocal
- Ali Ryerson - Flute
- George Schuller - Drums
- Avery Sharpe - Bass
- Dave Stryker - Guitar
- Helen Sung - Piano
- Jack Walrath - Trumpet
- Mark Whitfield - Guitar
- Matt Wilson - Drums
- Rachel Z - Piano
Faculty is subject to change
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