Michael Zilber, pianist Mark Levine, horn player Ellen Seeling of Isis, and guitarist Mimi Fox.
== Scholarship ==
California Jazz Conservatory students were awarded scholarships such as the Mark Murphy Vocal Jazz Scholarship first given in 2009. Other established endowments included the Jamey Aebersold Scholarship and the William E. Robinson Scholarship. About 15% of the students were assisted financially with a scholarship. In 2012 the Eddie Marshall Scholarship Fund was initiated to memorialize longtime faculty member Eddie Marshall, a drummer who worked at the Keystone Korner jazz club in San Francisco's North Beach where he played behind jazz greats such as Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz and Bobby Hutcherson.
=== Notable students ===
Jazz poet laureate Ishmael Reed enrolled in 1998 at the age of 60 to learn jazz piano. He studied under Muscarella through 2004, and inspired a class for teaching poetry composition intended for music. After his "Jazzschool" term, Reed continued to work with pianist Mary Watkins, …
