Jazz Faculty
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Jazz: Creative Large Ensemble Director
dargue@princeton.edu
My work focuses on Directing Jazz at Princeton's Creative Large Ensemble. A Vancouver-born, Brooklyn-based composer and bandleader, Argue has toured internationally with his 18-piece ensemble, Secret Society, garnering countless awards and nominations.
Office: E205 New Music Building
Performance Faculty: Jazz Saxophone
bowen@princeton.edu
My work focuses on Saxophone Performance. Saxophonist Ralph Bowen has made his mark on the New York jazz scene for over three decades, while bringing his "casual perfectionism" to clubs, concert halls, and festivals worldwide.
Performance Faculty: Jazz Piano
mdc3@PRINCETON.EDU
MICHAEL COCHRANE, pianist, composer, arranger and instructor has resided in the tri-state area since the fall of 1974. He has performed and/or recorded with: Sonny Forturne, Hannibal, Jack Walrath, Eddie Gomez, Tom Harrell, Paul Nash, John Clark, Clark Terry, Michael Brecker, Chico Freeman, Ted Curson, Oliver Lake, Bradford Hayes, The Spirit Of Life Ensemble and many more.
Performance Faculty: Jazz Piano
kradley@princeton.edu
Pianist-composer Kris Davis was named 2017 Rising Star Pianist in Downbeat magazine and dubbed one of the music’s top up-and-comers in a 2012 New York Times article titled “New Pilots at the Keyboard,” with the newspaper saying: “One method for deciding where to hear jazz on a given night has been to track down the pianist Kris Davis.”
Program Director, Small Ensembles
(609) 258-2219
rudreshm@princeton.edu
Hailed by Pitchfork as “jaw-dropping… one of the finest saxophonists going,” alto saxophonist, composer and educator Rudresh Mahanthappa is widely known as one of the premier voices in jazz of the 21st century.
Office: E201 New Music Building
Performance Faculty: Jazz Bass, Small Ensembles
mparrish@princeton.edu
My work focuses on Jazz Bass Performance. Born in central California to hard-working, music-loving parents of four children, Matthew Parrish epitomizes the heart of jazz bass performance and livelihood.
Performance Faculty: Voice, Jazz Vocal Collective
trineice@princeton.edu
My work focuses on Vocal Jazz Performance. Internationally recognized as one of the leading pedagogues in gospel and soul voice training, Dr. Trineice Robinson-Martin specializes in vocal pedagogy and performance practices for contemporary commercial music styles (i.e. jazz, pop, gospel, R&B, country, rock, music theater, etc.).
Jazz History
mdc8@princeton.edu
Dr. Matthew Clayton, a Philadelphia area native, is a saxophonist, educator, scholar and composer. Initially drawn to the saxophone by the music of Charlie Parker, Dr. Clayton has been dedicated to the performance and teaching of music for more than 20 years and it has remained central to his life ever since he first touched the saxophone at age 10.
Performance Faculty: Percussion
vector@princeton.edu
Vincent Ector hails from the musical city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he attended the University of Pennsylvania. Trained in Music beginning at age nine through GAMP, a music magnet school in Philadelphia that also enabled him to study at Temple University while still a junior high school student. He then began studying privately with drummers such as, Mickey Roker, Ralph Peterson Jr., and Armand Santarelli, as well as performing for six years as a percussionist with the United States Army Band.
Performance Faculty: Jazz Trombone
dm43@princeton.edu
Dave Miller has been active in the commercial music scene in New York Cityfor over 25 years. Versatility has been a hallmark, as he's performed in a variety of genres, be it jazz, salsa, pop, or Broadway.
Performance Faculty: Jazz Guitar
nradley@princeton.edu
Nate Radley is Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer who leads his own group, can be heard with a variety of collaborative projects, and works as a sideman in numerous bands both in the New York area and around the world.
Jazz Piano
as104@princeton.edu
Pianist/Composer/Educator/Arranger Angelica Sanchez moved to New York from Arizona in 1994. Since moving to the East Coast Sanchez has collaborated with such notable artists as: Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Motian, Richard Davis, , Chris Lightcap, Rob Mazurek, Tim Berne, Mario Pavone, Ben Monder amongst others.
Performance Faculty: Jazz Trumpet
tchubb@princeton.edu
Over the past two decades Ted Chubb has developed into both a deeply expressive trumpeter and an inventive composer. He has served as both sideman and bandleader to an impressive list of NYC’s top musicians, including Winard Harper, Christian McBride, Wallace Roney, Antonio Hart, Houston Person, Charenee Wade, Norman Simmons, Melissa Walker, Bruce Williams, and Cecil Brooks III.