///HALL OF FAME

 CPFJ Hall of Fame Inductees:

CPFJ

HALL OF FAME

1992    Albert Murray, novelist/essayist/historian

Ira Sullivan, multi-instrument musician

1993    Joe Intrieri, past president/executive director

1994    Sam Banks, drums

Bill Fisher, guitar

Bill Martin, photographer

Frank Scott, sax

Russ Sumpman, trombone

Willie Wollenhaupt, piano

Ron Waters, trumpet/piano/youth band director

1995    Steve Bagby, drums

Reuben Brown, piano

Jim Lawson, promoter

Robert Matthews, board member/writer

Reuel Ryman, piano/organ

1998    Helen Moore, Lucky 7 jazz promoter

2000    Al Grey, composer/teacher/trombonist - long time trombonist w/Count Basie Big Band

Vernon Welsh, guitarist/promoter

                                        CPFJ Founding Fathers

Russ Neff, writer/broadcaster

Steve Rudolph, pianist/composer/teacher - past president/executive director

Jack Snavely, financial adviser/past president

Lee Swartz, attorney/past president

2001    Rufus Reid, master bass player/composer/educator

Evelyn O. Phoenix, retired from Department of Welfare - CPFJ volunteer

Kathy Rickert, admin. officer, Department of Education - CPFJ volunteer

Keith Thomas, psychiatric technician - CPFJ volunteer

2002    Cal Collins, master guitar player, composer/educator

Steve Patton, builder/producer/passionate lover of jazz

2003    Ray Brown (1926-2002), legendary bass player, composer/producer, most prolific jazz

            recording artist to date, Grammy Award

Jimmy Wood, pianist/composer/teacher

2004    Elvin Jones (1927-2004) propulsive polyrhythmic power house drummer, major band

            leader/accompanist

            Jimmy Heath, multi-woodwind instrumentalist, composer/arranger/educator

            Frank Paul, retired teacher/counselor - CPFJ volunteer

            Bunny Hottenstein, educator - CPFJ volunteer

2005    Percy Heath (1923 - 2005) bass/piccolo bass

            One of the finest ensemble players of his generation long time member of the Modern

            Jazz Quartet and Tuskegee Airman

Joe Diorio, innovative guitarist/teacher/author -- co-founder of Guitar Institute of Technology in California

Mike Binsky, jazz promoter/organizer

2006   Johnny Frigo, vital violinist/consummate composer/prolific poet/wonderful wit

           John Hicks (1941-2006) powerful and perceptive pianist, perfect as a leader or

           accompanist

           Valery Ponomarev, the trumpet jazz messenger from Russia and long-time friend

           Wilma Soliday, professional temperament, dedicated and inspiring volunteer

2007   Clark Terry, (born 12-14-1920 in St. Louis, MO), nicknamed Mumbles, is one of

           America's most notable swing and bop trumpeters, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in

            jazz, an educator and a NEA Jazz Master.

           Michael Brecker (3/29/49 - 1/13/07) was born in Philadelphia and exposed to jazz at

           an early age by his pianist father. Acknowledged as "a quiet, gentle musician widely

           regarded as the most influential tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane". Mr. Brecker

           won 13 Grammys as both a performer and a composer.

           Don Sendi, a long-standing CPFJ member, has generously served CPFJ in many 

           capacities: President, Treasurer, Nominations Chair, Marketing Chair and all-around

           solid supporter.

           Rosemary Light, premier CPFJ Office Volunteer, has provided invaluable services

           carrying out necessary if 'hum-drum' tasks with great good cheer and a professional's

           efficiency.

           Dave Lazorcik, hired as CPFJ's 3rd Executive Director in 1993, saw the organization

           through to February 2007 with a dedication to jazz and to jazz drummers that is hard to

           parallel. He was responsible for so much of CPFJ's success over the past decade.