CONNECTING WITH HISTORY AND CONTINUING THE LINEAGE. COLLECTIVELY, THE NYJAZZ FACULTY HAS PERFORMED WITH THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS AS LEADERS OR SIDEMEN:
Quincy Jones, Oliver Nelson, Vijay Iyer, Stanley Turrentine, Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, Yo-Yo Ma, Pee Wee Russell, Hank Jones, Ravi Coltrane, Miles Davis, John Scofield, Johnny Hodges, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Jon Faddis, Tadd Dameron, Count Basie, Herbie Hancock, Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, Charles Mingus, Chico O'Farrill, J.J. Johnson, Clark Terry, Ron Carter, Marian McPartland, Frank Wess, Buck Clayton, Gerry Mulligan, Phil Woods, Dizzy Gillespie, Red Rodney, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera, Charles McPherson, Mongo Santamaría, Ray Barretto, Frank Foster, Arturo Sandoval, Roswell Rudd, Chico O'Farrill, Candido, Henry Threadgil, Mario Bauzá, and many, many others...