Jazz Musicians in Northwest Arkansas
In pursuit of our mission "to present, preserve, promote, and celebrate the great American art form known as jazz through education, concert presentation and artist promotion,” the NWA Jazz Society has compiled a database of local jazz musicians. Below you will find a sortable table with links to the musicians' pages.
Local Musicians 2021
| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | INSTRUMENT #1 | INSTRUMENT #2 | LINK |
| Austin | Farnam | SAXOPHONE | ||
| Ben | Harris | GUITAR | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX0bZwaG6PFGQHAQSkWyemg/videos?view_as=subscriber | |
| Matt | Nelson | PIANO | ||
| Matt | Beach | TROMBONE | DRUMS | matthewbeachtrombone@gmail.com |
| Claudia | Burson | PIANO | info@digjazz.com | |
| Darren | Novotny | DRUMS | dnovotny@sai-av.com | |
| Anthony | Ball | DRUMS | ||
| Rick | Salonen | SAXOPHONES | BASS | https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=20619483 |
| Alisha | Pattillo | SAXOPHONE | saxleash@yahoo.com | |
| Garrett | Jones | DOUBLE BASS | ELECRTIC BASS | garrettjones02@gmail.com |
| Jake | Hertzog | GUITAR | www.jakehertzog.com | |
| Drew | Rogers | GUITAR | ||
| Jeff | Gray | TRUMPET | ||
| Michael | Hannah | SAXOPHONE | ||
| Paul | Price | GUITAR | HARP GUITAR | paulpriceguitar@gmail.com |
| Steve | Wilkes | DRUMS | ||
| Chris | Teal | DRUMS | ||
| Roby | Pantall | GUITAR | https://www.facebook.com/RobyPantallJazz/ | |
| Matt | Smith | GUITAR | fark6string@yahoo.com | |
| Felipe | Antonio | GUITAR | ||
| Van | Powell | BASS | ||
| Mickey | McFetridge | SAXOPHONES | https://m.facebook.com/TheSpeakEasyMusic/ | |
| Patrick Leslie | DeHart | SAXOPHONE | ||
| Allan | Gibson | TRUMPET | https://www.facebook.com/First-Line-103527394513753/?modal=admin_todo_tour | |
| Chase | Cavalier | TRUMPET | chase@palenmusic.com | |
| Mike | Johnson | BASS | ||
| Fernando | Valencia | PERCUSSION | jvalenc@gmail.com | |
| Jim | Greeson | GUITAR | BASS | jgreeson@uark.edu |
| Ed | Nicholson | GUITAR | ||
| Lance | Grigsby | TROMBONE | lance.m.grigs@gmail.com | |
| Elizabeth | Bainbridge | VOCALS | bainbridge.e@gmail.com | |
| Liam | O'Dell | BASS | ELECTRIC BASS | liamodellbass@gmail.com |
| Ron | Pennington | BASS | MANDOLIN | |
| Bill | Punch | TRUMPET | ||
| Walter | Ferguson | DRUMS | https://www.facebook.com/walter.ferguson.5/ | |
| Ron | Thurston | SAXOPHONE | ||
| Charles | Faulk | PIANO | ||
| Adam | Collins | VIBES | BANJO | |
| Jim | Jernigan | CLARINET | jimjer@cox.net | |
| Clare | Starr | BASS | ||
| Gerry | Sloan | TROMBONE | gsloan@uark.edu | |
| Mark | Steele | DRUMS | https://www.youtube.com/user/After5Jazz | |
| Rocky | Parsons | DRUMS | PERCUSSION | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rockyparsons/ |
| Dan | Hicks | ELECTRIC BASS | danhicks479@gmail.com | |