HALL OF FAME
"Music, of course, is what I hear and something that I more or less live by. It's not an occupation or profession, it's a compulsion."
– Duke Ellington
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Members of the CAJ Hall of Fame have all fulfilled the following criteria before being selected:
Served as a quality, competent jazz educator for over 20 years with consistency
Jazz groups or students are visible in the jazz community and of outstanding quality
Also worked as an: adjudicator, clinician, soloist, mentor, audition coach, and festival host or camp instructor
Contributed as a state, regional, and national officer for a professional musical organization
Written or recorded either clinics, music, or books on jazz
Retired from education
Nominated by the CAJ board
“Life is a lot like jazz... it’s best when you improvise.”
“I would say that jazz is my own language.”