Widely respected bassist Jeremy Allen has been appointed assistant professor at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music Department of Jazz Studies, beginning Fall 2008. He has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Jazz Studies at the Jacobs School since 2006.   Full Story

Maureen McGovern's 35-year career includes recordings, concerts, Broadway, theater, films, television, radio and composing, all with a voice that defies categorization. Her collaborations with Indiana University Professor Steve Houghton, faculty and students from the IU Jacobs School of Music and regional professionals will include a hard-swinging big band, followed by a studio orchestra playing the beautiful sounds of the Great American Songbook at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, in the Musical Arts Center, as the IU Summer Music Festival draws to a close.   Full Story

An Indiana University professor from the Jacobs School of Music was recenetly recognized as a living legend among jazz artists. IU Jacobs School of Music's Distinguished Professor David N. Baker was among those included in the roster of musicians who received their "Living Jazz Legend Award" for lifetime achievement. The award is one of many accolades Baker has received in his extraordinary career.   Full Story

Distinguished Professor David N. Baker, chair of the Jazz Studies Department, received the Tracy M. Sonneborn Award for 2006 on Thursday, September 7. The annual award recognizes an IU faculty member who has achieved international recognition for work as a performer, composer, scholar, and educator. With an extraordinary career as composer, jazz pedagogue, performer, and national arts leader, Baker continues to inspire students, faculty colleagues, and alumni, as well as musicians and arts leaders around the world.   Full Story

They'll be boogying in Bloomington on Saturday night, August 14, when the renowned Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra debuts a performance dedicated strictly to the music of William "Count" Basie and his orchestra.   Full Story

Indiana University musicians are prepared to sing -- and play -- the praises of their newly inaugurated leader, President Adam W. Herbert. The university community will come together with music, a cornerstone of academic and artistic excellence at IU for more than half a century.   Full Story

Legendary jazz masters Vernice "Bunky" Green and David Baker, and Indiana University President Adam W. Herbert, haven't always traveled the same roads, and yet there is a strong bond that connects them. Each is, in his own right, a major player in educating and inspiring America's youth. Green and Baker will perform a free concert on Wednesday evening (April 14) to celebrate the next day's inauguration of Herbert as IU's 17th president.   Full Story

IU's David Baker and several of his fellow Indianapolis jazz masters will revisit Indiana Avenue, the heart of the Indianapolis jazz scene of the 1930s and '40s, in a Feb. 28 concert at the John Waldron Arts Center auditorium in Bloomington.   Full Story