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Thomas Manuel

Jazz historian, music educator and trumpet player Dr. Thomas Manuel received his formal music training from Boston University and completed his DMA in Jazz Performance at Stony Brook University. His mentors included Warren Vache and Ray Anderson. As the recipient of an endowed Artist in Residence Fellow chair within the Jazz department at Stony Brook University, Manuel also directs the Loft School of Jazz in residence at the Jazz Loft. In addition to this he serves as co-chair of the Stony Brook University Strategic Planning Committee, a member of the Long Island Arts Education Coalition which is chaired by New York State Regent Roger Tilles, and is also a member of the Huntington Arts Council Decentralization Advisory Committee. Manuel also served as a trustee to the Frank Melville Memorial Foundation from 2018-2023.

Jazz Dispatch Series / Simons Summer Concert Series: Tom Manuel, Champian Fulton, Dean Johnson and Dan Pugach

by Dan Bilawsky
August 12, 2025

A 5 p.m. performance on a Tuesday in a math and physics building on a college campus isn't exactly your garden variety jazz hit. But then again, what is?! In programming for The Jazz Loft's Dispatch Series stop at Stony Brook's Simons Center for Geometry and Physics--part of that institution's summer concert slate within its broader ...

Take Five with Thomas Manuel of The Jazz Loft

by AAJ Staff
August 17, 2021

Meet Thomas Manuel Jazz historian, music educator and cornet player Dr. Thomas Manuel holds the endowed Artist in Residence chair within the Jazz department at Stony Brook University. In addition to this he serves as a trustee to the Frank Melville Memorial Foundation, is a member of the Huntington Arts Council Decentralization Advisory Committee, and is ...