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Howard University Jazz Ensemble

Band, US
Jazz and R&B/Soul

Howard University Jazz Ensemble (HUJE), Washington DC, USA, was founded in 1975 by its director, Fred Irby, III. Outstanding performances in the United States, Europe, South America, Asia, and the Caribbean have caused it to be recognized as one of the foremost college jazz ensembles. HUJE has been heard on radio and television as well as in concert, often appearing with celebrated performers. Members of the HUJE have won awards as performers and composers/arrangers, and the ensemble includes among its alumni several practicing jazz artists. Additionally, the HUJE was featured during the 1992, 1996 and 2005 Kennedy Center Honors Gala (CBS-TV). The HUJE has released thirty-four recordings in a distinguished series that began in 1976.

Members

	Geri Allen p *1957 US
	Leron Young eg US
	Kirk Stuart p 1934-1982 US
	Warren Shadd org, dr
	Roger Whitworth frh
	Darrell Wiseman perc, vib, dr
	McNeal Anderson tr, voc, fh
	Chad Evans fl, as
	Fred Irby III fh
	Ronald Thompson tb
	William Murray voc, fl, as
	Arthur Dawkins bcl, ts, fl
	William Alphonzo Phillips, III fh, tr
	Gregory Royal tb
	Leroy Lindsay tb
	Andre Avelino acg
	Dale Harrigan perc, tr, fh
	Otis Davis eg
	Cynthia Battle voc
	Reginald Floyd fh, tr
	Robert Taylor acc, cwb
	Benjamin Carlton Sands, Jr. fl, ts
	Michael W. Smith perc, cng
	Marsvyn O. David perc, eb
	Warren Lee Taylor ts
	Alfred Brevard voc, tb
	Dave Kane syn
	William Jones bcl, bs
	Gregory Holloway perc
	Keith Mathis fh, tr