| Might also want to look into Michigan State University. They've made a major investment in their Jazz Studies Department with the Director Rodney Whitaker (former bassist with Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra), Warm Daddy Anderson (also former Julliard Jazz Faculty)and other strong faculty.
This is a straight-ahead jazz program. Effective last year, it is now formally the MSU School of Music, not a music department in another school. With this shift came funding and major building plans for both practice and performance spaces. |