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.”
— George Gershwin
“I would say that jazz is my own language.”
— Amy Winehouse