DURHAM, N.C.–Larry Ridley is a musician and an educator who has partnered with NCCU to preserve the integrity of jazz. Ridley is co-directs the African American Jazz Caucus Research Institute with Ira Wiggins, NCCU’s director of Jazz Studies. The NCCU/AAJC Jazz Research Institute (NAJRI) convenes its jazz conference and festival April 16-19, 2008, on NCCU’s campus in Durham.

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