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J&D Exclusive Artist Interviews

Musician interviews are the foundation of J&D materials and pedagogy. J&D students hear directly from over 40 artists pictured below, learning about craft, approach, and their thoughts on the jazz-as-democracy metaphor. Insights from these established and emerging masters brings both musical and non-musical students alike inside the jazz aesthetic, providing a springboard to begin thinking about .what the jazz process can teach us about fostering an egalitarian society.

Lakecia
Benjamin
Terence
Blanchard
Michel
Camilo
Terri Lyne
Carrington
Regina
Carter
Marc
Cary
Sarah
Elizabeth Charles
Gerald
Clayton
Rachelle
Ferrell
Tia
Fuller
Terreon
Gully
Stefon
Harris
Lalah
Hathaway
Horacio “El Negro”
Hernandez
Grace
Kelly
Billy
Kilson
Mark
Levine
Alexis
Lombre
Christian
McBride
Myra
Melford
Marcus
Miller
Meshell
Ndegeocello
Hailey
Niswanger
Elena
Pinderhughes
Gregory
Porter
Dafnis
Prieto
Joshua
Redman
Anton
Schwartz
Kendrick
Scott
Marcus
Shelby
Wayne
Shorter
Ben
Sidran
Walter
Smith III
Aneesa
Strings
Helen
Sung
Jacky
Terrasson
Camille
Thurman
Jeff ‘Tain’
Watts
Ben
Williams
Warren
Wolf
Brandee
Younger
Miguel
Zenón