$50/hour; Venmo: @Malik-McLaurine. Malik is an assistant instructor at the VJC summer workshop. He attended SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music, where he studied under Doug Weiss and Todd Coolman. Although his time at SUNY Purchase prepared Malik for his arrival...
$75/hour, PayPal: request address from instructor. Composer, leader and sideman, Marcus McLaurine has become one of the most sought-after bassists in jazz, sharing bandstands with Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Lou Donaldson, Dame Cleo Laine, Joe Williams, Jon Hendricks, Abbey...
$100/hour; Zelle: 917-456-6023, e-check by arrangement with instructor. Drummer Francisco Mela is a favorite among jazz’s best performers including Chucho Valdés, Joe Lovano, Kenny Barron and McCoy Tyner. Born in 1968 in Bayamo, Cuba, Mela moved to Boston in 2000 to...
$60/hour; Venmo: @jasonpalmertrumpet, PayPal: pogo56@gmail.com. Trumpeter/Composer/Educator Jason Palmer is becoming one of the most in-demand musicians of his generation. He has performed with Roy Haynes, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Smith, Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ravi Coltrane,...
$80/hour; Venmo: @clarence-penn, PayPal: clarencepenn@mac.com. Clarence Penn is riding a wave as the go-to-drummer of his generation. He is the first call drummer for many of New York’s most enduring, creative artists like Maria Schneider, Dave Douglas and Stanley Clarke. Since...
$50/hour; Venmo: David-Picchi, check by arrangement with instructor. David Picchi has been performing and teaching music in Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley since 2001. As an electric and double bass player, he has been called to play on many recording projects and is...
$50/hour; PayPal: genevieverose1@hotmail.com, check by arrangement with instructor. Genevieve Rose is a first-call acoustic bassist of the Pioneer Valley who performs frequently throughout New England. She has appeared at the Kennedy Center as part of their Women in Jazz series,...
$75/hour; Venmo: @Shamie-Royston, Cash App: $5stroyston. Shamie Royston is, according to JazzTimes, “a vigorous, versatile pianist.” She grew up alongside her sister, the award-winning Tia Fuller, in a musical and academically-minded household. Royston appears on two of Tia Fuller’s albums, Decisive...
$100/hour, $50/hour for students under 18 years; Venmo: @Felipe-Salles-1, PayPal: sallesjazz@gmail.com. A native of São Paulo, Brazil, Dr. Felipe Salles has served as a Professor of Jazz and African-American Music Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since 2010. He has worked and recorded with...
$70/hour; Venmo: @Miro-Sprague, PayPal: mirosprague@gmail.com. Miro Sprague is a pianist, composer, bandleader, and educator known for his inspiring creativity, dynamic and passionate performance style, and artistic versatility. Miro has been active performer since the early 2000’s, touring throughout the U.S. and...