As Gene Anderson's son, Ben has literally grown up with the sounds of the Doctors of Jazz.  He received his undergrad in music from Virginia Commonwealth University and is a recent graduate from William and Mary's M.A. program in American Studies during which he wrote his thesis on jazz during the civil rights movement.  When he's not playing with the Doctors, Ben plays trombone with the Upper East Side Big Band and works full time as a curatorial assistant at Richmond's Museum of the Confederacy.

At the University of Richmond since 1982, Gene was Director of Bands until recently and is presently Professor of Music Theory and Chair of the Department.  He has published numerous articles on early jazz and music analysis and is currently working on a study of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five.

Would be musician, artist, bon vivant, who occasionally works as a Professor of Pharmacy and Executive Director of the Center for Drug Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University .

Besides being an ambidextrous keyboardist, banjoist, organizational expert, and occasional drummer, Dick is a master punster. At the University of Richmond, he is Associate Professor of Organization Development, emeritus. He and Carol spend lots of time with their five grandchildren and travel frequently. He plays tennis and is a big Spider sports fan.

John is Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Richmond. When he's not playing the drums, he teaches, travels, writes books with his wife Anita, and plays with his grandchildren.

Rob has been a member of the band since it began in 1983. In that year, shortly after the end of a political career – he was a four-term member of Virginia’s legislature – he picked up his horn after leaving it to gather dust for decades. As a youth he played in dance bands around Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, during his last two years of college, he was first chair trumpet with the University of Alabama’s Million Dollar Band, and soloist with the band in his senior year. James is Research Professor of Theology at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, but his main academic connection is as the Emeritus Solon Cousins Professor of Religion at UR, where he was an active member of that faculty for 38 years.

Professor Emeritus Ryle taught Soviet and other modern history for 36 years at the University of Richmond.  Now he plays jazz, golf, poker, cribbage, scrabble and bridge, does some charitable volunteering, cooks, and mostly enjoys life with wife Martha, poodle Zinfandel and cat J. Bearsford.

Professor J C Troncale is the current chair of the Department of Modern Literatures and Cultures and is the co-director of the Russians Studies Program at the University of Richmond. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1979 in Russian Literature and has been teaching Russian Studies since 1972. His original area of specialty is 19th century Russian literature with a focus on Dostoevsky. He has written widely on writers of both the 19th and 20th centuries. Since the beginning of his tenure at the University of Richmond, Troncale has developed an expertise in both Russian cinema and Russian painting. He currently teaches Russian languages courses in addition to courses on Russian literature, Russian painting, Russian cinema, and Russian culture, in general. He has also written papers in both cinema and painting. Over the past thirty years, Troncale has traveled extensively in the former USSR and Russia. Professor Troncale has received numerous grants and fellowships for his work and has received highest honors for excellence in teaching from the University of Richmond and from the states of Arizona and Virginia.

Paul has been playing piano for a half-century with groups ranging from big swing bands to his own trio and really enjoys working with the Doctors of Jazz. He appreciates not only the artistry that goes into the arranging and playing of early jazz, but also the careful research and interpretation that the Doctors bring to this form of distinctly American music. His day job since 1983 has been with Union Theological Seminary where he is Professor of Biblical Studies (on top of 12 years of teaching at the University of Rochester). Paul’s other active pastime is bicycle touring on a road tandem with his wife Jinx.