Judd Danby [Artistic Director and President]

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Judd is a composer, jazz performer, and music educator. His concert works have been performed throughout the U.S., and he has composed and performed many jazz works with his own ensembles and with the Los Blancos Latin Jazz Band. Judd has been a member of our greater-Lafayette community for five years, and he serves as Composer-in-Residence at the Arts & Communications Academy at Jefferson HS in Lafayette, where he works with students in the areas of music theory, composition, and jazz improvisation. He is also an Adjunct Instructor of jazz piano at Purdue University.

Dawn Lamb [Business Manager]

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Dawn Lamb's professional background includes work in retail management, interior design, higher education, and she has owned her own small business.  She has worked for A Valentine Design, Ivy Tech Community College, Purdue University and Workroom by Design.  She is currently an academic advisor for Purdue University’s Building Construction Management program, where she also coordinates job placement and student mentorship programs.

Dawn is a native of Highland, Indiana and is a graduate of Butler University and Purdue University.  She lives in Lafayette with her husband, Craig, and her son, Josiah.  Dawn’s community activities have included working as a Cub Scout leader, organizing volunteers and donors for the Canal Days Bicycle Tour, serving as PTO president for East Tipp Middle School and working at Taste of Tippecanoe.

Don Seybold [Host and Booking Agent]

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Don worked at Purdue Convocations for 26 years where he created and booked the Jazz Set. He has hosted a jazz program on local radio stations since 1987 and is currently heard on “Inside Jazz” on WBAA-920AM from 9:00 P.M.-midnight on Sundays. He teaches jazz history for Purdue's Visual and Performing Arts Department and gives frequent pre-performance talks for Purdue Convocations jazz concerts.

Diane Damico [Treasurer]

Diane is the business manger of Red Pepper Records, LLC and has for years worked to bring more live music to her community. Diane is the owner of Clearly Organized and a community activist. She currently serves on the West Lafayette Redevelopment Commission and is the chair of the West Lafayette Go Greener Commission. Her mission is to help create and promote some of the reasons we live here.

Lynn Colwell

Lynn Colwell has been involved with music performance and education as a bassist and low brass player in Lafayette, IN since 1988.  Prior to moving to the area, Mr. Colwell was a bandsman in the United States Marine Corps, graduating from the Navy School of Music in Norfolk, VA, and serving in the Fleet Marine Force Pacific Band at Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor, HI.

Locally, he has performed with the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, the Lafayette Citizens Band, the Tony Zamora Jazz Ensemble, the Emporium Dixieland Band, Los Blancos Latin Jazz Band, the InterPlay Quartet, the Judd Danby Quartet, and the Danny Weiss Jazz Ensemble.

He is an applied music instructor at Purdue University, teaches in the music programs for the Tippecanoe and Lafayette School Corporations, and maintains a private teaching studio.
Lynn also performed with the Danny Weiss Quartet and the InterPlay quartet on the 2009–2010 Jazz Club season.

Todd Wetzel

Todd Wetzel is the director of Purdue Convocations, the multidisciplinary arts presenting organization at Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) where he presents over 30 performances each season across the performing arts and commercial spectrum. Previously, he served as director of the Valparaiso University Center for the Arts, as co-chair of the Midwest Arts Conference, and as grant panelist for the NEA and the Indiana Arts Commission. He holds an interdisciplinary BA in Music & Business (principal instrument: piano) and an MBA.