Gary Thomas, Chair of Jazz Studies and Richard and Elizabeth Case Professor, Peabody Institute

Read the complete transcript of this interview at Founder of jazz studies degree program at Peabody. First African-American degree program director at the Conservatory. Internationally-known tenor saxophonist, flutist, and educator. Has traveled the globe as both a leader and a sideman. Performance and recording credits alongside the likes of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette, John McLaughlin, Dennis Chambers, Pat Me