program had reached an estimated 180,000 students in New Haven schools. In 1976-1977, he held a visiting appointment at Duke University, where he oversaw the jazz program and directed the Duke Jazz Ensemble. Ruff has also been on faculty at UCLA and Dartmouth. Awards He is a 1994 inductee of the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame. Ruff received the Connecticut Governor's Arts Award in 2000 for his work with the Duke Ellington Fellowship Program. Ruff was awarded with the Sanford Medal in May 2013. The Sanford Medal is the highest honor from Yale University's School of Music. Publications Ruff is known for uncovering links between traditional black gospel music and unaccompanied psalm singing. Ruff's theory is that the Scottish Presbyterian practice of lining out – in which a precentor read or chanted a line of the psalm, which was then sung by the congregation – led to the call and response form of black gospel music. Ruff co-created the documentary "A Conjoining of Ancient Song", which focuses on a rapidly vanishing form of congregational singing that is shared by Scottish, African American, and Native American music. It received its world premiere screening at Yale in 2013. Ruff's work in this area is also a subject of Sterlin Harjo's 2014 documentary film, This May Be the Last Time. He has written about classical composer Paul Hindemith, who was one of his teachers at Yale, and about his professional experiences with jazz composers Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. In 1992, Ruff published his memoir, titled A Call to Assembly: The Autobiography of a Musical Storyteller. The autobiography was hailed as "an unmitigated delight" and was awarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. Discography Solo The Smooth Side of Ruff (Columbia, 1968) Gregorian Chant, Plain Chant, and Spirituals Recorded in Saint Mark's Cathedral, Venice (Kepler Label, 1984; CD reissue 2003) With the Mitchell-Ruff Duo The Mitchell-Ruff Duo (Epic, 1956) Campus Concert (Epic, 1957; 2002 Sony CD reissue combined with Brazilian Trip) Appearing Nightly (Roulette Records), 1958) Jazz Mission to Moscow (Roulette, 1959) The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein (Roulette, 1960) The Mitchell-Ruff Duo plus Strings & Brass (Roulette, 1960) Jazz for Juniors (Roulette, 1960) Brazilian Trip (Epic Records, 1967; Forma Records 1966 Brazilian release as A Viagem with different track order and names; 2002 Sony CD reissue combined with Campus Concert) Dizzy Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert (Mainstream, 1971)