Seiji Ozawa is recognized as one of the supreme Gershwin conductors Multi award winning blind pianist Marcus Roberts is known as one of the foremost pianists of contemporary jazz. Roland Guerin is not only an instructor for Applied Jazz Bass at the University of NewOrleans, he also toured extensively with Jazz greats such as Gerry Mulligan, George Benson and Jimmy Scott and he made recordings with Ellis Marsalis and Allen Toussaint among others.