Department of Music and Dance
Faculty - Jeff Salisbury
Jeff Salisbury, affiliate artist, drum set
Area of expertise
drum set
Contact information
E-mail: Jeffrey.Salisbury@uvm.eduAffiliate artist Jeff Salisbury has played for Albert King and Cold Blood, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Linda Tillery and many other artists in rhythm and blues and jazz. He is an original faculty member of Kosa International Percussion workshops and has served as president of the Vermont Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society. He has been involved as an artistic advisor for the Discover Jazz Festival, a faculty member for the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Summer Jazz Camps and was commissioned by the Flynn to compose and perform original percussion quartet music in 2003. He has appeared on many recordings, jingles, workshops and clinics. Jeff has studied with George Marsh, Bob Moses and Pete Magadini. He endorses DW drums and hardware and is a member of the Vic Firth Education Team.
Published works: Jeff's articles have been published by Modern Drummer and Downbeat magazines. Four articles by Jeff appear on the website PAS under the heading "hot licks." His article "Parallel-a-diddles Horizontal Motion Studies" can be found in the August, 2006 edition of Percussive Notes.
Groups accompanied: Albert King and Cold Blood, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Linda Tillery and many other artists in rhythm and blues and jazz.
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- Department Chair and Staff
- D. Thomas Toner, Department Chair
- Kelly Dutra, Department Administrator
- Sarah Hein, Administrative Assistant
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- Woodwinds
- Nadine Carpenter, oboe
- Gerald Lanoue, bassoon
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- Steve Klimowski, clarinet
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- Rick Davies, trombone
- Alan Parshley, horn
- Ray Vega, trumpet
- C. Robert Wigness, trombone/tuba
- Percussion
- Steve Ferraris, hand drums
- Jeff Salisbury, drum set
- D. Thomas Toner, percussion
- Strings
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- Sylvia Parker, piano
- Jazz Studies
- Paul Asbell, guitar
- Joe Capps, guitar
- Tom Cleary, piano
- Amber deLaurentis Cleary, voice
- Rick Davies, trombone
- Steve Ferraris, hand drums
- Patricia Julien, arranging/history
- John Rivers, bass
- Jeff Salisbury, drum set
- Alex Stewart, improvisation
- Ray Vega, trumpet
- Michael Zsoldos, saxophone
- Music History, Theory, and Composition
- Music Education
- Ensembles
- Tom Cleary, jazz combo
- Yutaka Kono, orchestra
- David Neiweem, choirs
- Evelyn Read, chamber music
- Jeff Salisbury, percussion ensemble
- D. Thomas Toner, bands
- Alex Stewart, jazz ensemble
- Ray Vega, jazz combos
- Dance

