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Jazz Keyboard Prep (Canvas site)
The jazz program’s self-study Canvas site, “Jazz Keyboard Prep” is designed to assist non-piano major students in preparing for their jazz keyboard jury exams. It contains downloadable worksheets and numerous … Read More
Rutgers Jazz Ensemble, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt celebrate Miles Davis’ 100th birthday
The Daily Targum provided great coverage of JE1’s tribute to Miles Davis on 4/24/26, with guest soloist, Jeremy Pelt https://dailytargum.com/article/rutgers-jazz-ensemble-celebrates-100-years-of-miles-davis-20260430
WBGO Jazz Appreciation Month 2026: RU Chamber Jazz I
https://www.wbgo.org/music/2026-04-16/jazz-appreciation-month-2026-introducing-rutgers-universitys-chamber-jazz-one
Introducing Saxophonist Kristin Field
This article first appeared in Jersey Jazz Magazine, 3/1/26 “The first time I saw her play, I was sure, at some point, she would be a lead alto saxophonist.” That was … Read More
“Student Syndrome”: Why People Delay Until Right Before Deadlines
The student syndrome is a phenomenon where people delay doing things until right before the deadline. For example, a student who postpones working on an assignment until the night before … Read More
Celebrating Oscar Peterson @100
The “Maharajah of the Keyboard,” as Duke Ellington dubbed Oscar Peterson—or, to his friends, simply O.P.—would have turned one hundred in August, reason enough to remember the consummate Canadian pianist at … Read More
Rutgers IJS, Newark
Go behind the scenes at the Institute of Jazz Studies on the campus of Rutgers – Newark where you can listen to a Thomas Edison record player and read a … Read More