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Ron Bridgewater
Associate Professor of Jazz Saxophone
rbridgew@illinois.edu
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Jérôme Camal
Associate Professor of Musicology
jscamal@illinois.edu
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Larry Gray
Professor of Jazz Performance
Double Bass and Guitar
lwgray@illinois.edu
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Joan Hickey
Senior Lecturer of Jazz Performance and Piano Pedagogy
hickey@illinois.edu
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Charles (Chip) McNeill
Professor of Jazz Saxophone
chipmc@illinois.edu
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Joel Spencer
Associate Professor, Jazz Drums
spence14@illinois.edu
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Chip Stephens
Professor of Jazz Piano
chipster@illinois.edu
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