Jazz students choose their principal study professors for individual lessons in conjunction with the Head of Jazz, from a faculty list that includes:

Head of Jazz Programmes

Nick Smart

Jazz

Head of Jazz Programmes

Jazz

Repertoire and Improvisation

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A smiling Nick Smart holds a trumpet, wearing a navy blue t-shirt and standing against a grey backdrop

Jazz Artist in Residence

Dave Holland

Jazz

Jazz Artist in Residence

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Portrait of Dave Holland playing double bass, smiling (black and white)

Visiting Professors of Jazz

Ingrid Jensen

Jazz

Visiting Professor

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Composition and Arranging

Pete Churchill

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Voice

Jazz

Composition and Arranging / Repertoire and Improvisation

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Portrait of Pete Churchill smiling to camera, standing against a brick wall

Gareth Lockrane

Junior Academy

Head of Junior Jazz

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone and Flute

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Gareth Lochrane holds two flutes, standing against a white wall

Jason Yarde

Jazz

Composition and Arranging

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Composition and Arranging, Supporting Studies

Nikki Iles

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Piano

Jazz

Supporting Studies Tutor

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Repertoire and Improvisation

Tom Cawley

Jazz

Aural and Transcription

Jazz

Repertoire and Improvisation

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Pete Churchill

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Voice

Jazz

Composition and Arranging / Repertoire and Improvisation

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Gareth Lockrane

Junior Academy

Head of Junior Jazz

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone and Flute

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Gareth Lochrane holds two flutes, standing against a white wall

Nick Smart

Jazz

Head of Jazz Programmes

Jazz

Repertoire and Improvisation

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Jazz Professors

Bass (electric and acoustic)

Jeremy Brown

Jazz

Professor of Electric and Acoustic Bass

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Laurence Cottle

Jazz

Professor of Electric and Acoustic Bass

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Laurence Cottle beneath stage lights, playing an electric bass guitar

Orlando le Fleming

Jazz

Professor of Electric and Acoustic Bass

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Orlando Le Fleming playing the double bass

Tom Herbert

Jazz

Professor of Electric and Acoustic Bass

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Tom Herbert holding a double bass neck, looking off camera

Jasper Høiby

Jazz

Professor of Electric and Acoustic Bass

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Michael Mondesir

Jazz

Professor of Electric and Acoustic Bass

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Drum kit

James Maddren

Jazz

Professor of Drum Kit

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Mark Mondesir

Jazz

Professor of Drum Kit

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Ian Thomas

Jazz

Professor of Drum Kit

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Guitar

Chris Montague

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Guitar

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Mike Outram

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Guitar

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John Parricelli

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Guitar

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Femi Temowo

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Guitar

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Mike Walker

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Guitar

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Piano

Tom Cawley

Jazz

Aural and Transcription

Jazz

Repertoire and Improvisation

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Kit Downes

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Piano

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Nikki Iles

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Piano

Jazz

Supporting Studies Tutor

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Portrait of Nikki Iles sat causally at a piano, looking off frame

Robert Mitchell

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Piano

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Side portrait of Robert Michell playing a piano

Liam Noble

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Piano

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Portrait of Liam Noble sat leaning across the top of a piano, looking off camera

Zoe Rahman

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Piano

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Gwilym Simcock

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Piano

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Joe Webb

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Piano

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Saxophone

James Allsopp

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone

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Iain Ballamy

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone

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Trish Clowes

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone

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Trish Clowes holding a saxophone

Rachael Cohen

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone

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Nathaniel Facey

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone

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Tim Garland

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone

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Gareth Lockrane

Junior Academy

Head of Junior Jazz

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone and Flute

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Gareth Lochrane holds two flutes, standing against a white wall

Julian Siegel

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone

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Martin Speake

Jazz

Professor of Saxophone

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Trombone

Mark Bassey

Jazz

Professor of Trombone

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Gordon Campbell

Jazz

Professor of Trombone

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Barnaby Dickinson

Jazz

Professor of Trombone

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Trevor Mires

Jazz

Professor of Trombone

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Winston Rollins

Jazz

Professor of Trombone

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Trumpet

Steve Fishwick

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Trumpet

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Laura Jurd

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Trumpet

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Mike Lovatt

Brass

Derek Watkins Professor of Trumpet

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Trumpet

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Nick Smart

Jazz

Head of Jazz Programmes

Jazz

Repertoire and Improvisation

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Byron Wallen

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Trumpet

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Tom Walsh

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Trumpet

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Black and white portrait of Tom Walsh holding a trumpet to chest

Vibes

Jim Hart

Jazz

Professor of vibraphone

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Voice

Pete Churchill

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Voice

Jazz

Composition and Arranging / Repertoire and Improvisation

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Lauren Kinsella

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Voice

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Nia Lynn

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Voice

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Anita Wardell

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Voice

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Norma Winstone MBE

Jazz

Professor of Jazz Voice

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Rhythmic skills

Barak Schmool

Jazz

Rhythmic Skills

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Creative technology

Aram Zarikian

Jazz

Creative Technology

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Jazz history and critical listening

Alyn Shipton

Jazz

Jazz Research Fellow and Lecturer in Jazz History

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