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Dr. Larry Ridley
President & Artistic Director, Jazz Legacy Inc.
Location: New York, NY United States
Joined: May 25th, 2005

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Current Whereabouts:

Jazz Performer/Clinician/Educator; Lecturer- Jazz at Lincoln Center/Swing University;

Website:

http://www.larryridley.com

Education (request update)

Indiana Univ class of

Undergrad Major: Music

Claim To Fame:

Internationally famed Jazz Artist, www.LarryRidley.com; Created the Jazz Degree Program at Rutgers University beginning in 1971; Professor of Music Emeritus- Rutgers University; Former National Coordinator of the Jazz Artists-in-Schools Program at the National Endowment for the Arts; Jazz Artist-in-Residence at the Schomburg Center of the New York Public Library System;

Empire State College of the State University of New York (SUNY); University of Maryland Eastern Shore class of

Grad Major:

High School: Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, IN class of 1955

Experience

I currently work with Jazz Legacy Inc. as President & Artistic Director
I have 45 years of experience working in the Arts, Entertainment, and Media industry.

Activity

NCCU JAZZ PARTNERSHIP HITS THE GROUND RUNNING!

The international reputation of the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Jazz Studies Program has been embellished by a collaborative partnership with the African American Jazz Caucus (AAJC), an a ...more
Posted by Dr. Larry Ridley on September 11th, 2007 • 290 Views

AAJC/HBCU Student All-star Big Band @ Notre Dame

The African American Jazz Caucus/Historically Black Colleges & Universities (AAJC/HBCU) Student All-star Big Band was conceived in 2001, by AAJC Executive Director and master musician/educator, Dr. La ...more
Posted by Dr. Larry Ridley on February 6th, 2006 • 287 Views

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	Hi Larry, Always good to meet another person in Music. What would we do without music in our lives? Music should have been the windows to the soul. God Bless You and Yours. Happy Easter. Tagged by WILLIE DYCKS on 04/23/2011

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