Chad West is Associate Professor and Chair of music education at Ithaca College. Prior to his appointment, he served as a public school band director for eight years, as Associate Conductor of the Atlanta Wind Symphony, and as a trumpeter for Princess Cruise Lines. He has published over 20 music education journal articles and has edited two books with Oxford University Press. He is a frequent presenter at state, national, and international music education conferences on the topics of preservice music teacher education, popular music education, and jazz pedagogy.

Mike Titlebaum is Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at Ithaca College, where he directs the Jazz Ensemble, coaches combos, and teaches jazz saxophone and courses in jazz standards, arranging, repertoire, and pedagogy. He has played in many of New York's world famous musical venues, including the Blue Note, Smalls, Augies, Fez Under Time Café, and the infamous CBGB's as well as the pit orchestra of the Broadway musical Cats. He has performed with dozens of internationally recognized artists and groups such as Jason Robert Brown, Red Rodney, the Mingus Big Band, Cab Calloway, Natalie Cole, Billy Taylor, Mel Torme, Branford Marsalis, Paquito D'Rivera, and many others.

Chris Buckholz, Assistant Professor of Trombone, University of New Mexico

Frank Gabriel Campos, Professor, Performance Studies, Ithaca College

Matthew Clauhs, Assistant Professor of Music Education, Ithaca College

Gregory Evans, Lecturer, Ithaca College; Visiting Lecturer, Cornell University

Daniel Fabricius, Lecturer, Music Education, Ithaca College

Bruce Foreman Dalby, Emeritus Professor of Music, University of New Mexico

Catherine Gale, Freelance vocalist and Instructor of Music, Opus Ithaca

Andrew Goodrich, Assistant Professor of Music, Music Education, Boston University

Mike Grace, Music Teacher, Ann Arbor Public Schools (ret.)

Russell A. Schmidt, Valley Jazz Cooperative, Director

Bob Sneider, Associate Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Media, Eastman School of Music

Mike Titlebaum, Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies, Ithaca College

Michael Treat, Band Director, DeWitt Middle School, Ithaca, NY

Nicholas Walker, Associate Professor, Performance Studies, Ithaca College

Nick Weiser, Assistant Professor, Head of Jazz Studies, State University of New York at Fredonia

Chad West, Associate Professor and Chair, Music Education, Ithaca College

"A substantial and essential contribution to jazz pedagogy, Teaching School Jazz explains and illustrates -- via many video, visual, and audio examples -- how jazz educators and students, both individually and collectively, can teach and learn how to perform, improvise, listen to, and arrange jazz in several forms. This book is a must-read for anyone who takes a serious interest in jazz education." -- David Elliott , Professor of Music and Music Education, New York University

"A comprehensive volume, well-organized and full of practical information. A terrific resource for any jazz educator." -- Dean Sorenson , Associate Professor and Director of Jazz Studies, University of Minnesota School of Music

"West and Titlebaum have provided a thoughtful landscape for jazz teachers and teacher educators to consider the different pedagogies and approaches to jazz education. This book is a well-needed contribution to the field that combines the authors' expertise with a useful online companion." -- Bryan Powell , Assistant Professor of Music Education and Music Technology, Montclair State University