The Jazz Professors
{{Short description|American jazz sextet}}
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The Jazz Professors is a sextet of American jazz musicians who are all both working music professionals in their own right and faculty members of the Jazz Studies program at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.[http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=51077#.UZEjASucVPw The Jazz Professors] AllAboutJazz.com They release albums annually on the Flying Horse Records label, a professional label within the school.[http://flyinghorserecords.com/releases.php website] – Flying Horse Records Their first two albums both made the JazzWeek charts, with The Jazz Professors: Live at the UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival topping out at No. 19 in 2012, and their second album, Do That Again (Flying Horse) (2013) charting as high as No. 6 nationallyJazzWeek, [http://www.jazzweek.com/charts/1362416400/march-4-2013/ March 4, 2013]
The group performs with guest artists and orchestras, most notably Kenny Drew Jr. and Michael Philip Mossman.[http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/musician.php?id=51077 The Jazz Professors] – AllAboutJazz.com
Roster
- Jeff Rupert, tenor/alto saxophone
- Per Danielsson, piano
- Bobby Koelble, guitar
- Richard Drexler, bass
- Marty Morell, drums
Former Members
- Michael Wilkinson, trombone
Discography
- En Plein Air (album) – (Flying Horse), 2015
- Do That Again – (Flying Horse), 2013
- The Jazz Professors: Live at the UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival (Flying Horse), 2012
Website
Flying Horse https://flyinghorserecords.com/
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Category:Jazz ensembles from Florida
Category:University of Central Florida faculty