Global Jazz Studies
Program
Faculty
Our Faculty
Duane Benjamin
Continuing Lecturer; Director of Gluck Global Jazz Ensemble and Commercial Music Studio Ensemble.
Clayton Cameron
Senior Continuing Lecturer - Percussion, Director of Jazz Combo
Charley Harrison
Continuing Lecturer, Director of UCLA Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Combo
Tamir Hendelman
Continuing Lecturer- Jazz Piano, Jazz Keyboard Harmony, Jazz Theory and Improvisation
Cheryl L. Keyes
Professor - Global Jazz Studies and Ethnomusicology (Contemporary Jazz, Hip Hop)
Jacques Lesure
Lecturer - Jazz Guitar
Steven Loza
Professor - Global Jazz Studies, Ethnomusicology, Director of the UCLA Center for Latino Arts
Roberto Miranda
Adjunct Assoc. Professor
Hitomi Oba
Continuing Lecturer and Director of Contemporary Jazz Ensemble
Gretchen Parlato
Lecturer- Voice
Ruth Price
Adjunct Assoc. Professor
Daniel Rosenboom
Lecturer - Trumpet Performance
Otmaro Ruiz
Lecturer
Arturo Stable
Lecturer
Salim Washington
Professor and Chair of Global Jazz Studies
Michele Weir
Adjunct Professor
Faculty & Students in the News
More News
Tamir Hendelman on Robert Miller Podcast
The Follow Your Dream podcast with Robert Miller features Tamir Hendelman in this episode of his podcast connecting world-class artists in peer-to-peer interviews.
Meiji University Hosts UCLA Jazz Musicians
Meiji University hosted UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music faculty performing Latin jazz at its Surugadai on March 21. Featured faculty included Regina Carter-Garnett, Clayton Cameron, Nick DePinna, Abhiman Kaushal,
Album Drop: "Spring" by Tamir Hendelman
The new album by jazz pianist Tamir Hendelman and vocalist Lauren Sutton has been praised for reminding listeners that “jazz at its finest often resides in simplicity: two musicians,one piano,