1970 A Southern University combo earns top awards at the American S o u t h e a s t e rn Collegiate Jazz Championship in Mobile, Alabama
1971 The Southern University Jazz Ensemble records at the University of Illinois
1972 S o u t h e rn’s ensemble wins the American Southeastern Collegiate Jazz Championship in Mobile, Alabama
1973 Featuring Henry Butler, Julius Farm e r, Kirk Ford, Reginald Houston, Herman Jackson, Earnest Jackson, Te rrel Jackson, Edward Perkins, Willie Singleton, and Vincent York, the ensemble perf o rms at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
1974 The ensemble completes a diplomatic tour of Africa on behalf of the United States Department of State. Featuring Henry Butler, Herman Jackson, Julius Farmer, and others, the ensemble records selections inspired by the tour
1980 Featuring
Jonathan Bloom, Eric Baskin, Betsy Braud, and more than 40 classmates, the
ensemble records a commemorative album celebrating the University’s centennial
mid-1980s The ensemble takes stage at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux,
Switzerland. Among members: Wess Anderson,
Harry Anderson, and Harvey Knox
1999 The Southern University Jazz Ensemble, featuring co-captains Chad Gayles and Te rrance Taplin, perf o rms during events related to the soccer World Cup Finals in France, re p resenting the United States
2000 The ensemble records selections in honor of Noble Peace Prize recipient Nelson Mandela, who visits the University (Assistant Professor Jacqueline Paige-Green, soprano, accompanies)
2001 The Southern University Jazz Institute holds its first annual Southern University Jazz Hall of Fame Inductions, honoring
• 1969 SU President G. Leon Netterville, Ph.D. (Posthumous)
• 1969 SU Vice President For Academic Affairs E. C. Harr i s o n
• 1969 SU Division of Music Chair Huel D. Perkins, Ph.D.
• SU Jazz Institute Founder/Director Alvin Batiste
• Vincent York, first graduate of the BA in jazz studies program (1973)
• The first graduating class of the jazz studies program: Henry Butler,
Julius Farm e r, Herman Jackson, Chuck Siler, and others
• The first students to study under a 1996 jazz studies curriculum
• The first alumni to serve as band directors after completing courses
under the 1996 curriculum
2002 Today’s Southern University Jazz Ensemble, featuring cocaptains
Terrel Evans, Chris Green, John Jones, and Romel Veal, carry the ensemble
to its thirty-third New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival appearance. The
ensemble has performed annually at the New Orleans festival from 1969 to present.
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