THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY College of Music presents
Jazz Faculty Recital
Kevin Jones, Trombone William Peterson, Piano
Tuesday, October 6, 2026 7:30 p.m. | Dohnányi Recital Hall
PROGRAM Together, Alone
Kevin Jones
It Did Happen
Bill Peterson
Swingin’ in Riga
Bill Peterson
I Thought About You
Van Heusen (ASCAP)
Just Play
Bill Peterson
Swirling Seas
Bill Peterson
Cantus Firmus
Kevin Jones
Almost April
Bill Peterson
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS Kevin Jones, Associate Professor of Jazz Trombone, joined the Florida State University College of Music faculty after previously holding teaching appointments at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of South Carolina, Lander University, and Presbyterian College. As a performing artist, Jones has numerous performing credits with jazz and commercial artists, including James Brown, Kenny Loggins, the Ringling Bros. Circus, the Temptations, Bucky Pizzarelli, Aretha Franklin, Joshua Redman, Joe Lovano, David Sanborn, Bill Holman, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Jim McNeely, Burt Bacharach, and Barry Manilow, and was a featured artist for Princess Cruise Lines. As an academic, Jones has performed and presented research at the Jazz Education Network ( JEN) Conferences, the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC) Symposia, the International Artistic Jazz Research Symposium, the Florida Music Education Association, the Texas Music Educators Association, and the South Carolina Music Educators Association. Jones has served as an adjudicator and/or clinician at various schools throughout the United States and internationally. At FSU, he teaches undergraduate Jazz History, Jazz Ensemble II, Graduate Improvisation and applied lessons. Jones is also an accomplished saxophonist, having performed with the South Carolina Philharmonic, as well as at the North American Saxophone Alliance biennial conference. His duo album Singularity with pianist Bill Peterson was released by Centaur Records in 2021. Jones is a Conn-Selmer performing artist and clinician. He plays King 3B trombones with Butler carbon-fiber outer slides. Bill Peterson is Professor of Music in Jazz Studies and Music Theory/Composition at Florida State University where he teaches jazz piano, jazz arranging and jazz combo. He holds the M.M. degree from the Eastman School of Music and the B.M. from the University of Cincinnati. He has released his own jazz trio recording on Summit Records and has also recorded on the Unity label. He has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Blue Note Jazz club NYC, Paraguay International Jazz Festival and Savannah Music Festival. He has been a clinician and performer at the University of Miami, University of Denver, the Lafayette Jazz Workshop (California), the University of Alabama, and Eastern New Mexico University.