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Shelton Berg, professor, jazz studies, is an accomplished jazz pianist, composer, orchestrator and educator. His solo CDs include The Joy, on DMP records, and The Will, for CARS Records. The Will reached the top ten in the definitive Gavin Report. The full range of his versatility is expressed with an overview of his recent credits. Mr. Berg is the pianist and arranger for trombonist Bill Watrous, and has appeared and/or recorded with top industry professionals such as Woody Herman, Louis Bellson, Arnett Cobb, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Daniels, Jon Faddis, Randy Brecker, Ed Thigpen, Gerald Albright, Ernie Watts and Pete Christlieb. His credits as a composer for television include ABC's Fudge and CBS's A League of Their Own. He has orchestrated for Kiss, Chicago, Richard Marx and Elliot Smith. He also orchestrates films, including the Warner Brothers' releases Almost Heroes (1998) and Three To Tango (1999). He has written for the Royal Philharmonic and American Symphony, as well as orchestras in Los Angeles, Houston, Boston, Chicago and Atlanta. He is the past president of the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE), and has appeared as a lecturer/performer or all-state clinician throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Mexico, Europe, Japan and Israel. He has published numerous compositions for jazz ensemble, and is the author of Jazz Improvisation: The Goal-Note Method and The Chop-Monster Jazz Series. At USC, Mr. Berg conducts the ELF Ensemble, which has appeared at an IAJE Convention, and has performed with John Pattituci, Russ Ferrante, Chick Corea, Branford Marsalis, Lanny Morgan and others.