The Professors of Pleasure: Tulane University Faculty Quintet, are an aggregate of longtime jazz faculty instructors (bassist Jim Markway) and new, post-Katrina hires brought onboard by jazz performance studies department coordinator John Doheny.

THE PLAYERS:

JOHN DOHENY

In addition to his duties as department coordinator, saxophonist John Doheny also teaches private saxophone and clarinet students, directs ensembles ( small combos and the Tulane University Jazz Orchestra) and teaches a course in jazz improvisation. He has an extensive background as an R&B sideman going back to the early seventies, and has performed and recorded with Albert Collins, Lloyd Williams, Phil Woods, and "Downtown" Kenny Brown. His first release as a leader was 2002's One Up, Two Back

The key to this album’s listenability is the sheer joy these highly qualified players brought to the studio.

John Swenson - offBEAT.com

FREDRICK SANDERS

Pianist Fredrick Sanders is originally from Dallas. He has done stints with Roy Hargrove and Wynton Marsalis's Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. As a sideman he has recorded with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Philip Manuel, Dr. John, Rick Trolsen, and most recently on poet Ed Sanders' post-Katrina release "Poems For New Orleans". As leader he has released two CD's, 1998's "East Of Vilbig" and 2004's "Soul Trinity".

JOHN DOBRY

Guitarist John Dobry is visiting professor of music at Tulane. He directs ensembles, teaches private guitar students, and instructs courses in jazz theory, jazz arranging, and composition. He has composed music for film ( 2003's "Dependencia Sexual") recorded as a sideman (Reichlen-Battles-Dobry, "The Aurora Street Project") and currently leads two New Orleans based ensembles, "Goldenglass" and "Dobry".

JIM MARKWAY

Born in Woodriver Illinois in 1952, Markway has been a New Orleans resident since 1966. He has played with a virtual who's who of New Orleans musicians, including pianist Larry Seiberth, legendary drummer James Black, clarinetist Tim Laughlin, saxophonists Al Belletto and Earl Turbinton, and vocalists Maria Muldaur, Charmaine Neville, Philip Manuel and Cassandra Wilson. His extensive discography includes credits on albums by Luther Kent and Trickbag, Bruce Daigrepont, Brian "Breeze" Cayolle, Lenny Mcdaniel, and Cassandra Wilson (her first commercial release). In 2004 he released his debut as leader, the Jim Markway Quartet's "Forward Motion."

KEVIN O'DAY

Lafayette, Louisiana native Kevin O'Day has a similarly eclectic resume. A former student of New Orleans drum guru John Vidacovich, O'Day has held down the drum chair with bluesman Walter "Wolfman" Washington, child prodigy and Wynton Marsalis protégé Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews (as well as Troy's older brother trumpeter James "Twelve" Andrews) the New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, and former Sun Ra and Kool and the Gang trumpeter Michael Ray's "Cosmic Krewe." He has recorded with ex-Dirty Dozen Sousaphonist Kirk Joseph's Backyard Groove project, ex-Harry Connick Jr. trombonist Craig Klein's band "Bonerama," and swamp-funk band "Gradoux". He continues to be one of the city's most in-demand percussionists, a master of New Orleans' rich funk and second-line rhythmic canon.