Peter Estabrook
California
Institute of the Arts instructors
- Charlie Haden (Grammy winner
"Ballad of the Fallen" and "Liberation
Music Orchestra"; Downbeat Poll winner-Jazz Bass;
numerous album credits)-ensemble director
- James Newton (B.M. CSU Los Angeles;
Downbeat Poll winner-jazz flute; Gugenheim Fellowship;
comissioned orchestral composer; Mingus Dynasty, numerous album credits)-jazz history, composition, ensemble
instructor, and mentor/advisor
- Albert "Tootie"
Heath (H. Hancock, W. Shaw, J. Henderson, and
MJQ; extensive recording experience and album credits)-ensemble
director
- David Roitstein (Chair: Jazz Department)-ensemble
instructor
- Paul Novros (M.M. CSU Northridge;
author of "The Craft of Improvisation")-improvisation
instructor
(Selected) Berklee College of
Music Instructors
- Phil Wilson (Trombone/Arranger with W.
Herman, B. Rich; former Head Jazz Dept. New England
Conservatory; numerous published and recorded
compositions)-chord/scale arranging instructor
- Tony Germain (B.M. Berklee College;
numerous recording credits; published articles in
keyboard magazine)-jazz harmonic ear training
- Wayne Naus (B.M. Berklee College, M.
Ferguson, B. Rich)-jazz ear training instructor
- Fred Lipsius (Original
arranger/saxophonist with Blood, Sweat, and Tears; Grammy
for "Spinning Wheel")-jazz ensemble
director
- Jackson Schultz (B.M. Berklee College;
numerous film credits)-arranging instructor