Jeff Wolfe is the Director of Jazz Studies at Marshall University in Huntington, WV (USA). Mr. Wolfe holds an M.M. in Jazz Studies from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he studied jazz improvisation, pedagogy, history, and composition with world-famous jazz educator and composer David Baker.  Jeff is an active performer, adjudicator, and clinician having appeared on NPR’s nationally syndicated program Mountain Stage and as a soloist with Grammy Award-winning jazz artist and vocalist Gregory Porter. He frequently performs with Columbia Records recording artist and former America’s Got Talent winner Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., and has performed in the orchestras of numerous national touring and regional musical theatre productions. Jeff is the co-founder and music director of the Jewel City Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece big band established as a non-profit organization dedicated to jazz education and performance in underserved communities. He has also served as an adjudicator for the jazz division of the National Trumpet Competition, appeared as a clinician for the Jazz Education Network, and his most recent article, “Making the Changes,” was published in the September, 2023 issue of SBO+ Magazine. Mr. Wolfe is a charter member of the Jazz Education Network where he serves on the education committee.