experience through an intensive learning environment for musicians of varying ages and levels. The standard curriculum includes master classes, ear-training sessions, jazz theory classes from beginning to advanced, and concerts by faculty. Aebersold regularly performs and presents clinics at the jazz festival at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. The festival was renamed the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Festival in 2015 to honor his many years of service to the jazz program at that institution. Awards and honors 1992 Honorary doctorate, Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. 2004 Midwest Clinic "Medal of Honor" in Jazz Education. 2007 Indiana Governor's Arts Award by Mitch Daniels. 2009 Honorary membership in Alpha Alpha national chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia. 2009 Charles E. Lutton Man of Music Awardj. 2014 NEA Jazz Masters References External links Official site Aebersold's "Rapid Reference" lists all songs by Volume number, key, and tempo Plays Well With Others, a website on the history of the Play-A-Long with interviews and more Jamey Aebersold Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2022) 1939 births Living people People from New Albany, Indiana American jazz educators American music educators Musicians from Indiana Educators from Indiana