AAJC/NAJJP Celebrates the Legacy of HBCU Jazz Education
Acknowledging the HBCU Jazz Masters!

Click below to read an important statement concerning the
historic role of HBCU jazz education in America by Dr. Larry Ridley

" ...historical documentation regarding the origin
of America’s college jazz education movement."



Dr. Larry Ridley, Executive Director
African American Jazz Caucus, Inc. (AAJC)
www.aajc.us

Clifford Brown Attended Delaware State University Click to see video of Clifford Brown

John Hicks Attended Lincoln University Click to see rare video of John Hicks, Lee Morgan & John Gilmore with the Jazz Messengers

Wendell Marshall Attended Lincoln University Click to hear sound track of Wendell Marshall with Kenny Burrell

Fletcher Henderson Attended Atlanta University Click to hear sound track of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra

Alvin Batiste Attended Southern University Click to see video of Alvin Batiste & Freddie Hubbard

Kidd Jordan Attended Southern University Click to see video of Kidd Jordan

Harry Anderson Attended Southern University Click to see video of Harry Anderson & Herman Jackson

Herman Jackson Attended Southern University Click to see video of Herman Jackson & Harry Anderson

Wes Anderson Attended Southern University Click to see video of Wes Anderson & Wynton Marsalis

Dick Griffin Attended Jackson State University Click to see video of Dick Griffin on TV in Venezuela

Freddie Waits Attended Jackson State University Click to see video of Freddie Waits & Lee Morgan

Russell Gunn Attended Jackson State University Click to see video of Russell Gunn

Rodney Jordan Attended Jackson State University Click to see video of Rodney Jordan

Hank Crawford Attended Tennessee State University Click to see video of Hank Crawford

Joe Johnson Attended Tennessee State University Click for streaming mpg's & pictures of Joe Johnson

Jimmy Blanton Attended Tennessee State University Click for video of Jimmy Blanton with the Duke Ellington Orchestra

Cleveland Eaton Attended Tennessee State University Click for videos of Cleveland Eaton, Count Basie & Ramsey Lewis

Phineas Newborn, Jr. Attended Tennessee State University Click to see video of Phineas Newborn, Jr.	Paul Quinichette Attended Tennessee State University Click to see video of Paul Quinichette	Curtis Prince Attended Tennessee State University Click to see video of Curtis Prince & Corky McClerkin

Leon Thomas Attended Tennessee State University Click to see video of Leon Thomas & Freddie Hubbard

Jimmy Cleveland Attended Tennessee State University Click to see video of Jimmy Cleveland

Wild Bill Davis Attended Wiley College Click to see video of Wild Bill Davis

Kenny Dorham Attended Wiley College Click to see video Kenny Dorham

Paul Bascomb Attended Alabama State University Click to see video of Paul Bascomb with the Erskine Hawkins Ochestra

Erskine Hawkins Attended Alabama State University Click to see video of the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra

Julian Dash Attended Alabama State University Click for soundtrack of Matthew Gee with the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra

Matthew Gee Attended Alabama State University Click for soundtrack of Matthew Gee with Duke Ellington Orchestra

Joe Newman Attended Alabama State University Click to see video of Joe Newman & Joe Williams

Benny Powell Attended Alabama State University Click to see video of Benny Powell, James Moody, Dizzy Gillespie, Gene Harris, Clark Terry, Buddy Tate, etc.

Ernie Royal Attended Alabama State University Click to hear sound track of Ernie Royal with Lee Morgan

Louis Jordan Attended Alabama State University Click to see video of Louis Jordan

Earle Warren Attended Alabama State University Click to see video of Earle Warren

Billy Taylor Attended Virginia State University Click to see rare video of Billy Taylor & John Lewis

Frank Wess Attended Virginia State University Click to see video of Frank Wess & Gene Harris

Jamil Nassar (George Joyner) Attended University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Click to see video of Jamil Nasser with Eric Dolphy

Jesse Powell Attended Hampton University Click to hear sound track of Jesse Powell with the Count Basie Orchestra

Cannonball Adderley Attended Florida A & M University Click to see video of Cannanball Adderley & Yusef Lateef

Nat Adderley Attended Florida A & M University Click to see video of Nat Adderly & Cannonball Adderley

Wendell Logan Attended Florida A & M University Click to see video of Dr. Wendell Logan directing the Oberlin Jazz Ensemble

Kirk Whalum Attended Texas Southern University Click to see video of Kirk Whalum

Wayne Henderson Attended Texas Southern University Click to see video of Wayne Henderson & the Jazz Crusaders

Joe Sample Attended Texas Southern University Click to see video of Joe Sample

Stix Hooper Attended Texas Southern University Click to see video of Stix Hooper

Wilton Felder Attended Texas Southern University Click to see video of Wilton Felder & Patti Austin

Nancy Wilson Attended Wilberforce University Click to see video of Nancy Wilson

Frank Foster Attended Wilberforce University Click to see video of Frank Foster directing the Count Basie Orchestra

Ernie Wilkins Attended Wilberforce University Click to see video of Ernie Wilkins with the Count Basie Orchestra

Jimmy Wilkins Attended Wilberforce University Click to see video of the Jimmy Wilkins Big Band

Benny Golson Attended Howard University Click to see video of Benny Golson, Ron Carter, Freddie Hubbard & Mulgrew Miller

Bill Hughes Attended Howard University Click to see video of Bill Hughes with the Count Basie Orchestra

Eddie Jones Attended Howard University Click to see video of Eddie Jones with Harry Sweets Edison

Jimmy Lunceford Attended Fisk University Click to hear sound tracks of Jimmy Lunceford

Lil Hardin Armstrong Attended Fisk University Click for sound track & photos of Lil Hardin Armstrong

Willie Smith Attended Fisk University Click to see video of Willie Smith

Adolphus “Doc” Cheatham Attended Fisk University Click to see video of Adolphus “Doc” Cheatham

Earl Carruthers Attended Fisk University Click to hear sound track & photos of Earl Carruthers with the Bennie Moton KC Orchestra

Jordan D. "Chick" Chavis Attended Fisk University Click to hear sound track of Jordan D. "Chick" Chavis

Henderson C. Chambers Attended Morehouse College Click to see video of Henderson C. Chambers with Count Basie

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