Howard University Jazz Ensemble Alumni (1976-2019)
Saxes
William Murray, United States Air Force Academy Falconnaires (ret.) (Leader)
Greg Osby, Blue Note Recording Artist
Gary Thomas, Director of Jazz Studies at Peabody Conservatory, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock
Paul Carr, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival
Kevin Levi, Chuck Brown
Kebbi Williams, Outkast
Antonio Parker, Author, TV personality independent recording artist
Tim Warfield, Nicholas Payton
Gene Smith, Jackson State University
Bryan Mills, Chuck Brown and the Soul Searchers
Brent Birckhead, Morgan State University, Lauryn Hill
John Kocur, Northern Virginia Community College
Elijah Jamal Balbed, Chuck Brown
Langston Henry Hughes, II, Independent recording artist
Trumpets
Wallace Roney, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Tony Williams
Ravi Best, 1st Trumpet for the Broadway Musical “42nd St.”,
Kool and the Gang, Little Stevie and the Disciples of Soul
Chris Royal, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
Lorne Lee, Director of Bands at Johnson C. Smith University
Aaron Broadus, Jazz Ensemble Director at Georgetown University
Alvin Trask, Director of Jazz Studies at Montgomery College, MD
Donvonte McCoy, Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra
Demarr Woods, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Larry Jenkins, Tennessee State University
Michael Fitzhugh, Howard University
Benita Gladney, Howard University
Jonathon Neal, Grambling State University, LA
Trombone
Gregory Royal, Duke Ellington Orchestra
Stephen Baxter, Ray Charles Orchestra, Barry Manilow
Allen Gardner, Director of Bands at Chaney State University, PA
Mark Williams, Chuck Brown, Count Basie Orchestra, Count Basie Orchestra
Christopher Steele, Theater musician in the DMV
Piano
Geri Allen, Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, jazz soloist
Michael Bearden, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Patti LaBelle, George Lopez Show (Music Director)
Wayne Linsey, Babyface, Whitney Houston, Jay Leno Show, American Idol
Marcus Johnson, Founder of Three Keys Records
Mark Batson, Beyonce, Dave Matthews Band
Amy Bormet, Founder, Washington Women in Jazz
Samuel Prather, Independent recording artist
Tristan Ledale Benton, Mecca Filmworks
Cherie Mitchell-Agurs, Chuck Brown
Byron Hill, Chinese Jazz Artist
Guitar
Vinnie Valentino, Independent recording artist
Jay A. Thompson, Independent recording artist
Baron Tymas, North Carolina Central University
Nicholas Lipkowski, Independent recording artist
James Rodney Richardson, Independent recording artist
Joshua Walker, Independent recording artist
Bass
Clarence Seay, Billy Harper, Wallace Roney
Carroll V. Dashiell, Jr, Director of Jazz Studies at East Carolina University, Yellowjackets, Bobby Watson
Eric Wheeler, Benny Golson, Curtis Fuller, Cyrus Chestnut
Karine Chapdelaine, James Madison University
Eliot Seppa, Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra
Hamilton Hayes, composer and independent recording artist
Drums
Land Richards, Gladys Knight, Los Angeles studio musician
Chris Dave, Mint Condition, Kenny Garrett
Winard Harper, Billy Taylor
Gorden Campbell, Earth, Wind and Fire, Jessica Simpson, George Duke
Adolph Wright, Director of Bands at Bowie State University, MD
Cora C. Coleman, Prince, Beyonce
Jonathan Laine, David Foster, Oddisee
Carroll V. Dashiell, III, Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra
McClenty Hunter, Kenny Garrett
Keith Killgo, Donald Brown, Joe Henderson
Savannah Harris, Kenny Baron, Geri Allen
Vocalists
Natalie Denise Jackson aka Kudisan Kai, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Kahn
Lamont van Hook, Rod Stewart, Dianne Ross, Phil Collins, Lyle Lovette