Seventh Class (2007-2009) Jake Saslow, tenor saxophone (Long Island, New York)
Gordon Au, trumpet (Sacramento, California)
Colin Stranahan, drums (Denver, Colorado)
Vadim Neselovskyi, piano (Odessa, Ukraine)
David Mooney, guitar (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Johnaye Kendrick, vocals (San Diego, California)
Joe Johnson, bass (Kansas City, Missouri)
Sixth Class (2005-2007) Walter Smith, III, tenor saxophone (Houston, Texas)
Romain Collin, piano (Cannes, France)
Terence Blanchard, Artistic Director
Tim Green, alto saxophone (Baltimore, Maryland)
Chris Dingman, vibraphone (San Jose, California)
Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet (Oakland, California)
Zach Harmon, drums (Winiconne, Wisconsin)
Joe Sanders, bass (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Fifth Class (2003-2005) James Alsanders, drums (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Arpad "Tzumo" Olah, piano (Budapest, Hungary)
Alan Hampton, bass (Houston, Texas)
James Westfall, vibraphone (Houston, Texas)
Gilad Ronen, saxophone (Kfar-Saba, Israel)
Dontae Winslow, trumpet (Baltimore, Maryland)
Fourth Class (2001-2003) Gretchen Parlato, vocals (Los Angeles, California)
Lionel Loueke, guitar (Benin, West Africa)
Terence Blanchard (seated at piano)
Massimo Biolcati, bass (Stockholm, Sweden)
Nick Vagenas, trombone (Boston, Massachusetts)
Dayna Stevens, saxophone (San Francisco, California)
Ferenc Nemeth, drums (Zalacsany, Hungary)
Yoon-Seoun Cho, piano (Seoul, South Korea)
Third Class (1999-2001) Jason Goldman, alto saxophone (Norwalk, Connecticut)
Danny Grissett, piano (Los Angeles, California)
Billy Mohler, bass (Newport Beach, California)
Bryan Lipps, trumpet (Roanoke, Virginia)
Rob Perkins, drums (Woodstock, New York)
Second Class (1997-1999) Wayne Escoffery, tenor saxophone (London, England)
Richard Johnson, piano (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
Eli Degibri, alto saxophone (Bat-Yam, Israel)
Derek Nievergelt, bass (Champaign, Illinois)
Sebastiaan DeKrom, drums (Dordrecht, Holland)
Michael McKenna, trumpet (Sioux City, Iowa)
First Class (1995-1997)
Jamal Haynes, trombone (Brooklyn, New York)
Darren Barrett, trumpet (Manchester, England)
Helen Sung, piano (Houston, Texas)
Sean Thomas, drums (Trinidad, West Indies)
Ofer Ganor, guitar (Jerusalem, Israel)
Keala Kaumeheiwa, bass (Oswego, New York)
Ignaz Dinne, saxophone (Bremen, Germany)
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