History of the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Seminar The Jazz Seminar at the University of Pittsburgh was founded by Dr. Nathan Davis, professor in the Music Department, and University officials in 1970. It is designed as a fall lecture and concert series. Each year since then, renowned jazz musicians, critics, and historians are invited to lead seminar sessions for students at the University and those in the local jazz community. These sessions are free and open to the public and deal with topics ranging from entering the music business to practice techniques, composing, arranging, and individual instrument mastery. The Seminar culminates with a concert involving a number of the musicians, which is held at the 2000 seat Carnegie Music Hall. Funded by grants and various offices within the University of Pittsburgh, the Seminar has attracted dozens of the finest musicians of the modern jazz era. Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke, Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, and Max Roach among many others have made appearances at the Seminar. The first decade of the Seminar also included a Gospel Night, whereby nationally-known choirs were invited to perform in the community. In later years, however, this has been discontinued to focus primarily on jazz and its national and international manifestations. Listing of Jazz Lecture & Seminar Participants by Year Annual Jazz Seminar April, 1970 Carnegie Music Hall Art Blakey Don Byas Nathan Davis Bill Hardman Jymie Merritt First Annual Jazz Seminar October 22, 1971 Carnegie Music Hall David Baker Donald Byrd Nathan Davis Richard Davis Alan Dawson Leonard Feather Roland Hanna James Moody Max Roach Charles Suber Clark Terry Ernie Wilkins Second Annual Jazz Seminar October 20,1972 Carnegie Music Hall David Baker Donald Byrd William Cole Nathan Davis Richard Davis Leonard Feather Roland Hanna Thad Jones Dan Morganstern Max Roach Fela Sowande Charles Suber Clifford Thornton Third Annual Jazz Seminar October 12,1973 Carnegie Music Hall David Baker Jaki Byard Donald Byrd Ron Carter Nathan Davis Dizzy Gillespie Elvin Jones James Moody Charles Tolliver Fourth Annual Jazz Seminar October 4,1974 Carnegie Music Hall Jaki Byard Ron Carter Nathan Davis Alan Dawson Jim Hall Thad Jones Tom McIntosh Sonny Rollins Charles Suber Fifth Annual Jazz Seminar October 11, 1975 Carnegie Music Hall Kenny Burrell Jaki Byard Richard Davis Nathan Davis Louis Hayes Joe Henderson Lew Soloff Sonny Stitt Sixth Annual Jazz Seminar October 23, 1976 Carnegie Music Hall Nathan Davis Jimmy Heath Abraham Laboriel Terry Pollard Max Roach Clark Terry Jean "Toots" Thielemans Seventh Annual Jazz Seminar October 22, 1977 Carnegie Music Hall Kenny Clarke Nathan Davis Dexter Gordon Abraham Laboriel Mike Longo Terry Pollard Woody Shaw Eighth Annual Jazz Seminar October 28, 1978 Carnegie Music Hall Nathan Davis Alan Dawson "Slide" Hampton Joe Henderson Terumasa Hino John Lewis Larry Ridley Jean "'Toots" Thielemans Ninth Annual Jazz Seminar October 20, 1979 Carnegie Music Hall Komla Amoaku Nathan Davis Richard Davis "Slide" Hampton Idris Muhammad Jimmy Owens Billy Taylor Grover Washington, Jr. Attila Zoller Tenth Annual Jazz Seminar October 25, 1980 Carnegie Music Hall David Baker Kenny Barron Donald Byrd Ron Carter Nathan Davis Lee Konitz Idris Muhammad Stanley Turrentine Eleventh Annual Jazz Seminar October 31, 1981 Carnegie Music Hall Monty Alexander Benny Bailey Nathan Davis Eddie Gomez Milt Jackson James Moody Freddie Waits Twelfth Annual Jazz Seminar October 30, 1982 Carnegie Music Hall Alex Acuna Monty Alexander Nathan Davis Ted Dunbar Terumasa Hino Miroslav Vitous Grover Washington, Jr. Thirteenth Annual Jazz Seminar November 5, 1983 Carnegie Music Hall Komla Amoaku Kenny Barron Nathan Davis Eric Gale Johnny Griffin Idris Muhammad Rufus Reid Woody Shaw Fourteenth Annual Jazz Seminar November 3,1984 Carnegie Music Hall Ron Carter Nathan Davis Peter Erskine Freddie Hubbard Emily Remler Sonny Rollins Cedar Walton Fifteenth Annual Jazz Seminar November 9,1985 Carnegie Music Hall Randy Brecker Nathan Davis Tommy Flanagan James Moody Idris Muhammad Rufus Reid John Scofield Grover Washington, Jr. Sixteenth Annual Jazz Seminar November 1, 1986 Carnegie Music Hall Donald Byrd George Coleman Nathan Davis Jon Faddis Abraham Laboriel Herbie Mann Joe Sample John Scofield Akira Tana Seventeenth Annual Jazz Seminar October 31, 1987 Carnegie Music Hall Nathan Davis Ray Drummond Mike Mossman Jimmy Owens Patrice Rushen Marvin "Smitty" Smith Grover Washington, Jr. Philip Woo Eighteenth Annual Jazz Seminar November 4,1988 Carnegie Music Hall Monty Alexander Terence Blanchard Billy Cobham Nathan Davis Freddie Hubbard Abraham Laboriel Grover Washington, Jr. Nineteenth Annual Jazz Seminar November 4,1989 Carnegie Music Hall Benny Bailey Donald Byrd Nathan Davis Johnny Griffin Abraham Laboriel Idris Muhammad Sonny Rollins Patrice Rushen Arturo Sandoval Twentieth Annual Jazz Seminar November 3,1990 Carnegie Music Hall Terri Lyne Carrington Nathan Davis Ray Drummund Kevin Eubanks Jon Faddis Herbie Mann Ellis Marsalis Marcio Montarroyos Grover Washington, Jr. Twenty-first Annual Jazz Seminar November 2,1991 Carnegie Music Hall Kenny Barron Ron Carter Hank Crawford Nathan Davis Alan Dawson Eric Gale Illinois Jacquet Mike Mossman Arturo Sandoval Ernie Watts Twenty-second Annual Jazz Seminar November 14,1992 Carnegie Music Hall Nathan Davis Art Farmer Mulgrew Miller Idris Muhammad Jimmy Owens Miroslav Vitous Grover Washington, Jr. Twenty-third Annual Jazz Seminar November 6,1993 Carnegie Music Hall Benny Bailey Randy Brecker Terri Lyne Carrington Nathan Davis Kevin Eubanks Clare Fischer Curtis Fuller Benny Golson Percy Heath Twenty-fourth Annual Jazz Seminar November 5, 1994 Carnegie Music Hall Geri Allen Nathan Davis Ray Drummond Johnny Griffin Thelonious Monk, Jr. Wallace Roney Clark Terry Grover Washington, Jr. Twenty-fifth Annual Jazz Seminar November 4,1995 Carnegie Music Hall Randy Brecker Nathan Davis Jon Faddis Abraham Laboriel James Moody Idris Muhammad Patrice Rushen Grover Washington, Jr. Twenty-sixth Annual Jazz Seminar November 2,1996 Carnegie Music Hall Benny Bailey Nathan Davis Johnny Griffin Abraham Laboriel Herbie Mann Mulgrew Miller Thelonious Monk, Jr. Wallace Roney Twenty-seventh Annual Jazz Seminar November 1, 1997 Carnegie Music Hall Nathan Davis Ted Dunbar Curtis Fuller Winard Harper Terumasa Hino Jackie McClean Jimmy Owens John Patitucci Patrice Rushen Ernie Watts Twenty-eighth Annual Jazz Seminar November 7,1998 Carnegie Music Hall George Cables Larry Coryell Hank Crawford Nathan Davis Jon Faddis Curtis Fuller Eddie Henderson Abraham Laboriel Herbie Mann James Moody ldris Muhammad Twenty-ninth Annual Jazz Seminar November 9,1999 Carnegie Music Hall Kenny Barron Bob Brookmeyer Nathan Davis Winard Harper Abraham Laboriel Russell Malone James Moody Mike Mossman Wallace Roney Grover Washington, Jr. Ernie Watts Thirtieth Annual Jazz Seminar November 4, 2000 Carnegie Music Hall Geri Allen Oscar Brashear Donald Byrd Larry Coryell Hank Crawford Nathan Davis Curtis Fuller Benny Golson Winard Harper John Patitucci Wallace Roney Thirty-first Annual Jazz Seminar and Concert, November 3, 2001 Carnegie Music Hall David Baker Cecil Bridgewater Terri Lyne Carrington Nathan Davis Jon Faddis Abraham Laboriel Kirk Lightsey Joe Lovano Charles McPherson James Moody Mark Whitfield Thirty-second Annual Jazz Seminar November 2, 2002 Carnegie Music Hall Monty Alexander Carl Allen Benny Bailey Oscar Brashear Nathan Davis Curtis Fuller Benny Golson Bob Magnusson Pat Martino Bobby Watson

Telephone: 412 624-4187 Fax: 412 624-8805 E-mail: ndavis@pitt.edu