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musicians who are all both working music professionals in their own right and faculty members of the Jazz Studies program at the

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. They release albums annually on the

Flying Horse Records Flying Horse Records is a professional jazz record label operated by the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, Florida. Founded in 2012 by Jeff Rupert, it produces records for The Jazz Professors a jazz combo whose 2013 release " Do That ...

label, a professional label within the school. Their first two albums both made the

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charts, with The Jazz Professors: Live at the UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival topping out at No. 19 in 2012, and their second album, '' Do That Again'' (

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) (2013) charting as high as No. 6 nationally The group performs with guest artists and orchestras, most notably Kenny Drew Jr. and

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.The Jazz Professors
– AllAboutJazz.com

Roster

Jeff Rupert Jeff Rupert (born September 6, 1964) is an American jazz saxophonist and professor at the University of Central Florida. Career Rupert received his master's degree in Jazz Studies from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University in 1993, ...

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* Per Danielsson,

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* Richard Drexler, bass *

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Former Members

* Michael Wilkinson,

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Discography

* ''En Plein Air (album)'' – (

), 2015 * '' Do That Again'' – (

), 2013 * ''The Jazz Professors: Live at the UCF-Orlando Jazz Festival'' (

), 2012

Website

Flying Horse https://flyinghorserecords.com/

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jazz Professors 21st century in jazz Jazz ensembles from Florida University of Central Florida faculty 2012 establishments in Florida Musical groups established in 2012