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The jazz faculty at WMU is comprised of world-class performers and educators who strive to prepare their students for careers in all aspects of the music industry.

• Tom Knific
  Jazz Dept. Chair, Double Bass, Guitar, Jazz Composition, Jazz Lab Band
• Scott Cowan
  Jazz Brass, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Arranging, Jazz Orchestra, Advanced Jazz Octet
• Andrew Rathbun
  Saxophone, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Arranging, Advanced Jazz Octet
• Jeremy Siskind
  Piano, Jazz Theory, Jazz Composition
• Duane Shields Davis
  Jazz Voice, Gold Company
• Keith Hall
  Drum Set, Drum Choir, Jazz Appreciation, Combos, Entrepreneurship Workshops
• Michael Wheaton
  Gold Company II
• Edward Simon
  Visiting Artist; Piano
• Billy Hart
  Visiting Artist; Drum Set
• Fred Hersch
  Visiting Artist; Piano, Composition
• Tim Froncek
  Visiting Artist