ASCAP Hosts Panel at First
Jazz Improv Conference

The ASCAP session featured Dr. Billy Taylor interviewing emerging jazz composers at the first ever Jazz Improv Conference in NYC on Friday, October 26, 2007. Joining Dr. Taylor on the panel were ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award recipients Zaccai Curtis, Ayn Inserto, Pascal LeBoeuf and Manuel Valera. The panelists shared their major musical influences and stylistic preferences with Dr. Taylor.