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Presents a guide for college and university jazz education guide in the U.S. Tuition fee for the Berklee College of Music; Jazz degrees offered by the College of Saint Rose: Financial aid available at the Fairfield University.

The article focuses on the International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) founded by David Liebman in 1989. IASJ executive director Wouter Turkenburg said that jazz develops on an international scale and there is no longer one center of jazz, or one dominating place or city like in the past. Jazz music lives and develops everywhere around the world.

This section offers news briefs on music as of July 2014, including the concert program presented by Jazz Ensembles II and III at the University of Kansas, the grant awarded by the Grammy Foundation to the nonprofit Creative Music Foundation, and the appointment of Alain Barker as director of entrepreneurship and career development at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

The article discusses developments at the Conservatorio Musical Souza Lima, a school helping young jazz musicians in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The school was founded by Antonio Mario da Silva. As part of its efforts to grow its international school population, the school partnered with the Berklee College of Music in 2000. During its 30th anniversary, the school will publish a series of educational materials highlighting Brazilian music. The school will also hold a student improvisation program.

The article reports that music schools in the U.S. are turning to online submissions of video and audio applications for audition and pre-screening recordings. According to PJ Woolston of the Thornton School of Music of the University of Southern California, applications should have good sound quality and show how a student plays. Producer Josh Giunta suggests that students get inspiration from old jazz combo videos.

The article offers news briefs related to the music sector in the U.S. The Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond will open in August 2009, offering degrees in guitar, bass, drums and vocal performance. Pianist Andrew Latham has received the 2009 James Moody Scholarship. Roy Haynes was honored as jazz master in residence at Harvard from April 15-19, 2009.

Reports developments in the U.S., with emphasis on the field of music. Recognition of pianist Marian McPartland for her commitment to arts and education; Responsibilities of musician Dave Holland in the New England Conservatory; Residency of musician Branford Marsalis Quartet at North Carolina Central University during 2005.

Reports on developments related to the music industry in the U.S. as of October 2004. Participation in a cultural exchange program in China by the Skylite Jazz Band of the Savannah Arts Academy; Replacement of saxophonist Bud Shank in his post in a workshop that precedes the Centrum's Jazz Port Townsend Festival; Presentation of a tribute concert to the late soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy by the New England Conservatory.

Comments on an article published in the periodical 'Down Beat' concerning jazz music schools in the United States.

Reports on developments relevant to music education in the U.S. as of October 1984. Music schools; Range of training curricula for music students; Implications on jazz music.