Jazz

Faculty

	Jeff Coffin Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Saxophone	Email Website 615-322-4917 2118 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students
	Bruce Dudley Adjunct Instructor in Jazz Piano	Email 615-322-4938 2184 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students
	Jerry Kimbrough Adjunct Associate Professor of Guitar	Email Website 615-343-6360 1190 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students
	Nick Laufer Adjunct Artist Teacher of Trombone Adjunct Artist Teacher of Trombone	Email 615-322-7698 2128 Blair Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students
	Bethany Merritt Adjunct Instructor of Jazz Voice	Email Website Blair 2128
	Ryan Middagh Assistant Professor of Jazz; Chair of the Jazz and Global Music Department; Affiliate Faculty for the Center for Latin American Studies	Email Website 615-343-3109 2130 Blair
	Roger A. Spencer Adjunct Artist Teacher of Jazz Ensemble	Email (615) 646-6817 1176 Blair
	Christina Watson Adjunct Lecturer in Voice; Director of Blair Jazz Choir	Email Website Collegiate non-primary majors, collegiate minors, and Blair Academy students
	Marc Widenhofer Adjunct Instructor in Global Jazz Studies	615-322-7651 2130 Blair

About the Jazz Department

Director of Jazz Studies: Ryan Middagh

The department of Jazz Studies at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music pursues in-depth study of North American improvisational music and how it intersects with diverse music of the world. Through excellence in scholarship, creative live performance, touring; recording sessions, and community outreach and engagement, we foster the next generation of professional musicians, creative artists and critical thinkers.