Jury
2023 Jury
Lynne Arriae
pianist and composer; Professor of Jazz Studies and Director of Small Ensembles at The University of North Florida
Bill Cunliffe
pianist and composer
Cyrus Chestnut
pianist, composer and producer; Master Instructor at Howard University
Sullivan Fortner
pianist and composer; winner of the 2015 American Pianists Awards
Jim Pryor
pianist; winner of the 1992 American Pianists Awards
Tamir Hendelman
pianist; lecturer at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Ted Rosenthal
pianist and composer; faculty member at Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music
Scott Routenberg
pianist and composer; Associate Professor of Music Performance at Ball State University
Ellen Rowe
pianist and composer; Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation at the University of Michigan
Rio Sakairi
Artistic Director and the Director of Programming at The Jazz Gallery
Reggie Thomas
pianist and organist; Professor and Head of Jazz Studies at Northern Illinois University
Will Wakefield
Senior Director of A+R at Mack Avenue Records
Brent Wallarab
trombonist; David N. Baker Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music