Photo credit: Dale Preston

The October issue of JAZZIZ magazine is dedicated to education, and so is the compilation CD that the publication includes with each issue. For the third year in a row, the Oberlin Conservatory of Music is featured on the magazine’s CD—this year, the original song representing Oberlin is by bassist Russell Manning ’08, a double-degree student majoring in jazz studies in the Conservatory and cinema studies in the College. The 2006-07 edition of the Oberlin Jazz Septet (OJS) performs Russell’s tune, Coyle, on the CD. Manning and his cohorts on the track are saxophonist William Cleary ’08, pianist Sullivan Fortner ’08, guitarist Charlie Higgins ’07, trombonist Rachel Levin ’07, drummer Alex Ritz ’07, and trumpeter Miller Tinkerhess ’08. Peter Dominguez, Professor of Jazz Studies and Double Bass, directs the OJS.

The magazine’s editors write: “Manning’s sparkling tune … may signal a future soundtrack composer.”