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Honors & Awards
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Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award
January 2018
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DownBeat Jazz Education Hall of Fame
DownBeat Magazine
May 2013
Camellia Prize of China
June 2013: For significant cultural, educational and entrepreneurial contributions.
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Jazz Ambassador Award
International Association for Jazz Education
January 2008:Outstanding Contributions to International Jazz Advocacy.
Premilor De Muzica (Romanian Radio National Music Award)
National Radio Romania
February 2003: For Unifying the Romanian Jazz Community.
Brubeck Institute Research Prize
University of Pacific
January 2014.
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Who's Who in America
Designee: 2000- Present.
Who's Who in the South and Southwest
Designee: 1999, 2000.
Whos Who in American Education 2006
2006.
Outstanding Service to Jazz Education
International Association for Jazz Education
For Outstanding Contributions to Research: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005,
2006.
Who's Who Among American Teachers
2002.
5th Place DownBeat Reader's Poll (Trombone)
DownBeat Magazine
December 1988.
Tom's Books 'Stealth Jazz: Behind the Curtain' and 'Stealth Jazz Part II: Educational Dystopia' Placed #1 in Amazon Sales Categories (February 2017, July 2019)
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