Ruth Price

President and Artistic Director

Ruth Price is an excellent jazz singer and knows what it takes to create the right environment for music. Price established a career as a singer of jazz and American popular song, having performed, recorded or toured with such jazz greats as Mel Torme, Shelley Manne, Red Garland, John Coltrane, Philly Joe Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Taylor, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, the Charles Mingus Quintet, Art Pepper, Victor Feldman, Russ Freeman and Hank Jones. A jazz poll winner, she is highly respected for her knowledge and performances of those rare gems in American popular song. She continues to record and receive critical acclaim for her work. In recent years Price has also enjoyed the teaching experience. In addition to teaching at UCLA, she has taught at the renowned Dick Grove School of Music. She feels that her strong points as a vocal teacher are helping the students with diction and helping them to relax and incorporate natural movement while on stage, and most important, introducing them to the vast treasure trove of the “great American songbook.”

Che’Rae Adams

Che’Rae has worked in the nonprofit field for three decades. She enjoys taking all that she has learned and applying it to helping Jazz Bakery fundraise.

Zane St. Andre Jackson

Los Angeles-based saxophonist, composer, educator, and graduate of UCLA Global Jazz Studies '22. During his time at UCLA, he studied and performed with the likes of Terence Blanchard, Arturo O' Farrill, and Cornel West, and he is currently first chair in the Robin Simone Hollywood Orchestra. He is currently recording his debut album, with a planned release in Fall 2025. Brought to life by five astonishing young Los Angeles musicians, Zane's album will feature his original compositions interwoven with his takes on songs by jazz greats before him. Zane takes inspiration from his childhood in the wilderness of the Los Padres National Forest as well as experiences in college and beyond, which have shaped him into the musician he is today.