Arranger, composer, trumpeter, and educator Jamey Simmons grew up in Wisconsin, and earned his degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and at the Eastman School of Music. Simmons is currently director of jazz studies at Middle Tennessee State University where he teaches courses in jazz and directs Jazz Ensemble I. Simmons’s published compositions and arrangements are available through Heritage JazzWorks with Lorenz Music, Sierra Music, and Kjos Music Publishing.