Education
In Progress PhD Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Program: Music Education
Cognates: Jazz Studies
Dissertation: Assessment of Music Education in New Orleans Post-Katrina
2022 Masters in Jazz Studies Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
Capstone: (what did your recital consist of perhaps?)
1998 B.A. Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Major: Secondary Music Education
Professional Experience

• Director of Jazz Studies, Southern University and A&M College (2021- present)
• Teaching Assistant, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. (2021-2022)
• Woodwind Instructor, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA. (2019-present)
• Woodwind Instructor, McDonough #35 High School, New Orleans, LA (2019-20)
• Woodwind Instructor, Ellis Marsalis Music Center, New Orleans, LA. (2016)
• Woodwind Instructor, NOCCA, New Orleans, LA. (2016)
• Woodwind Instructor, Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp, New Orleans, LA. (2010-present)
• Director of Bands, Martin Behrman Charter School, Algiers, LA. (2016-2018)
• Director of Bands, Donaldsonville High School, Donaldsonville, LA. (1998-2000)
• Asst. Dir. of Bands/Arranger, John McDonough High School, New Orleans, LA. (1994-1998)
• Woodwind Instructor, SENAI Summer Jazz Camp, New Orleans, LA. (2021-2022)

Scholarly & Creative Activity
Refereed Journal Articles
Refereed Research Presentations at Professional Societies
Refereed Pedagogical Presentations at Professional Conferences

Composition and Arranging
2022 Commissioned to arrange the music of Louis ‘Pops’ Armstrong for TigerBox Media Inc,
Commissioned to arrange the. Music of Earth, Wind, & Fire for TigerBox Media Inc.
Commissioned to arrange big band jazz charts for The Uptown Jazz Orchestra led by
trombonist/producer Delfeayo Marsalis
2018 Arranged music for John Legend Christmas Album
2016 Guest composer/conductor Baton Rouge Middle/High School Jazz Festival
Arranged big band jazz charts female jazz vocalist Jasmia Horn
Commissioned to arrange the music of producer/pianist Allen Toussaint & Antoine ‘Fats’
Domino for a tribute concert
2015 Commissioned to arrange/conduct the music of Ray Charles featuring New Orleans
pianist Davell Crawford accompanied by a 19-piece jazz orchestra
2010 Commissioned to arrange big band charts for Jazz Education Conference honoring New
Orleans music educator Steven Foster
1999-2007 Arranged big band jazz charts for trumpeter/vocalist Kermit Ruffins
Commissioned to arrange big band jazz charts for Southern University and A&M
College Jazz Ensemble
Commissioned to arrange big band jazz charts honoring tenor saxophonist Paul
Gonsalves of the Duke Ellington Orchestra

Music Reviews

• Review of Slow But Steady by Geraldine Wyckoff, 2017 https://www.offbeat.com/music/roderick-paulin-slow-steadyindependent

• Review of RPM by Louisiana Red Hot Records, 1999

• Review of Da Hustle Don’t Stop www.allaboutmusic.com

• Review at www.jazztimes.com with Delfeayo Marsalis

Recording Projects As a Leader
2024, Old to New, Roderick Paulin Group
2022, Jazz, Blues, & Grooves, Roderick Paulin Group
2017, Slow But Steady, Roderick Paulin Group
2019, Da Hustle Don’t Stop, Roderick Paulin Group
2013, We Do What We Do, Roderick Paulin Group
1999, RPM, Rodrick Paulin Group

Recording Projects As a Sideman
2020 Branford Marsalis, NETFLIX Ma Rainey Soundtrack
2020 Uptown Jazz Orchestra/Delfeayo Marsalis, Jazz Party
2019 Roderick Paulin, Da Hustle Don’t Stop
2018 John Legend, A Legendary Christmas
2018 Maria Muldaur, Don’t You Feel My Leg
2017 Roderick Paulin, Slow But Steady
2017 John Cleary, Dyna-Mite
2017 Tom Hook, 62
2016 UJO/Delfeayo Marsalis, Make America Great Again
2015, The Weepies, Sirens
2014 Dr. John, Ske-Dat-De-Dat: The Spirit of Satchmo
2012 John Boutte, All About Everything
2010 Rounder Records, The Rounder Records Story
2009 Shane Theriot, Dirty Power
2007 City of Dreams: A Compilation of New Orleans Music
2007 Kermit Ruffins, Live at Vaughn’s
2007 Charlene Howard, Soul Revelation
2007 The Afghan Whigs, Unbreakable: A Retrospective 1999-2006
2005 A Celebration of New Orleans Music to Benefit Hurricane Relief
2005 Putumayo Records, Putumayo presents Kermit Ruffins
2005 Hot 8 Brass Band, Rock Wit Da Hot 8
2004 Funk: The Language of New Orleans Music Vol.8
2004 Infidelity: From the Lifetime Original TV movie
2004 New Orleans Party Gras
2004 Colin Linden, Sad & Beautiful World 1975-1999
2003 Johnnie Taylor, There’s No Good in Goodbye
2001 KC Ray, Down The River
2000 Cyrille Neville, New Orleans Cookin’
2000 Wardell Querzue, Maestropiece
2000 Colin Linden, Raised by Wolves
2000 The Twilight Singers, Twilight as Played by the Twilight Singers
1999 Roderick Paulin, RPM
1999 Kermit Ruffins, Swing This
1998 The Afghan Whigs, 1965
1998 Kickin’ Some Brass
1997 Allen Toussaint, A New Orleans Christmas
1997 ReBirth Brass Band, We Come To Party
1996 Kermit Ruffins, Hold On Tight
1995 Jimmy Buffet, Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville Cafe’- New Orleans
1994 ReBirth Brass Band, Rollin’
1993 Kermit Ruffins, Big Butter and Egg Man
1993 Maceo Parker, Southern Exposure
1991 Rounder Records, Mardi Gras compilation

Professional Affiliations
Columbia University Center for Jazz Studies
Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation
New Orleans Local AFM-Musicians Union
President of Musicians Council on Fair Wages
Preservation Hall Foundation Inc.
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation
TigerBox Media Inc.
RubyArts Entertainment Agency, Inc

Service to the Profession
Clinics/Master Classes/Guest Conductor
2024 Peabody Jazz Institute
Louisiana Technical University (Ruston, LA.)
Jazz Educators Conference
East Baton Rouge Parish Schools Jazz Concert
2022 Preservation Hall Jazz Foundation
Penn State University
2018 Jazz at Lincoln Center
2017 Zurich, Switzerland Int’l Jazz Festival
UCLA School of Music Jazz Department
2016 FE’MO Denmark Int’l Jazz Festival
Dunham High School, Baton Rouge, LA.
Baton Rouge Middle School Jazz Festival

Leadership & Administration

• Participated in over 60 recording projects as a multi-woodwind instrumentalist
• Over 35+ years experience as a freelance professional musician
• Self-produced four(4) musical projects. Responsibilities included securing complete funding to
  compose music, hire musicians, graphic artists, studios engineers, promotions, booking
  performance venues, and sales of merchandise in-person, online, and on social media outlets.
• Recorded in major recording studios throughout Los Angeles, CA., New York, NY.,
  Amsterdam, Netherlands, Koln, Germany, Miami, FL, Nashville, TN., and New Orleans, LA.
• Saxophonist/vocalist with multiple ‘top forty’ bands from 1990-present day with at least
  75-150 annual performances for weddings, corporate functions, and private events in the New
  Orleans, Baton Rouge, Miami, FL and Nashville, TN regions.

Professional Performing Experience
2018-2020 Branford Marsalis Recording Group (saxophonist/clarinetist)
Herlin Riley Group(saxophonist)
2020 Roderick Harper Band (saxophonist/clarinetist)
PJ Morton (saxophonist)
2019 Wycliffe Gordon Ensemble (saxophonist/clarinetist)
2018 John Legend(saxophonist/arranger)
2017 LEDISI (saxophonist)
Aretha Franklin (saxophonist)
Tribute to Sidney Bechet featuring Dr. Michael White, Donald Harrison, Roderick
Paulin, Evan Christopher, and Brian Cayolle (clarinetist/soprano saxophonist)
Quiana Lynell Music Group (saxophonist)
2016-2018 John Cleary (saxophonist)
New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (saxophonist)
Hot 8 Brass Band (saxophonist/arranger)
Gregory ‘Bloatie’ Davis (saxophonist)
2014 McDonalds Corporation Black Media Awards Banquet (Music Director)
2013 Contemporary Arts Ensemble (saxophonist)
George French Band (saxophonist)
2012 Harry Anderson Band (saxophonist/vocalist)
Herman Jackson Music Group (saxophonist/vocalist)
Gerald French and The Original Tuxedo Band (saxophonist/clarinetist)
Delfeayo Marsalis Quartet/Quintet (saxophonist)
2010 Uptown Jazz Orchestra (saxophonist/arranger)
2009 Davewll Crawford (conductor/arranger)
2008 Wendell Brunious Quintet (saxophonist)
2007 Irma Thomas Band
2002 Wanda Rouzan & A Taste of New Orleans (saxophonist)
Germaine Bazzle Ensemble (saxophonist)
2000 Antoine ‘Fats’ Domino
1999 Fred Wesley (saxophonist), 1999-2004
Tony Bazley Quartet (arranger/saxophonist), 1999-200
Maceo Parker & Roots Revisited (saxophonist) 1999-2000
The O’Jays (saxophonist), 1999-2000
1997 Wardell Querzque Big Band (saxophonist), 1997-2000
The Dells (saxophonist), 1997
1993 Pin-Stripe Brass Band (saxophonist), 1993-1999
1992 The O’Jays (saxophonist), 1992
1989 ReBirth Brass Band (saxophonist/composer), 1989-2000
1979 Ernest ‘Doc’ Paulin Traditional New Orleans Brass Ban