Index of interviewees

Photo Name MIT Affiliation Music/Professional Work Interview Dates

David Bondelevitch

MIT AffiliationMIT B.S. Film/Video Production, 1985; trumpet player Music/
Professional
Work
Assistant Professor at University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television; film music & dialog editor and mixing engineer
Interview Dates

William Grossman

MIT AffiliationMIT S.B. 1969 and M.S. 1971 in Computer Science; active in many MIT performing groups Music/
Professional
Work
Conductor, arranger, editor, and rehearsal pianist for Broadway theater productions in New York
Interview Dates

Samuel Jay Keyser

MIT AffiliationMIT Professor Emeritus, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy; played in MIT Concert Jazz Band Music/
Professional
Work
Linguist, trombonist in area jazz bands
Interview Dates

Everett Longstreth

MIT AffiliationDirector of MIT Concert Jazz Band, 1968-1995 Music/
Professional
Work
Band leader, trumpet player, arranger
Interview Dates
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Rajesh Mehta

MIT AffiliationMIT B.S. Electrical Engineering and Humanities, 1986 Music/
Professional
Work
Trumpet player
Interview Dates

Richard Orr

MIT AffiliationMIT B.S., 1962; MIT M.S., 1963; MIT Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, 1973; played in Festival Jazz Ensemble Music/
Professional
Work
Electrical engineer, jazz trombonist, composer
Interview Dates

Herb Pomeroy

MIT AffiliationDirector of MIT Jazz Bands, 1963-1985; founder of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble Music/
Professional
Work
Jazz trumpeter and band leader; composer, arranger; Professor at Berklee College College of Music 1955-1995
Interview Dates

Jamshied Sharifi

MIT AffiliationDirected the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble, 1985-1992; MIT B.S. Humanities, 1983 Music/
Professional
Work
Composer, keyboard player, producer, arranger
Interview Dates