Stan Kessler is a Trumpet/Flugelhorn player, band leader, clinician, and educator in the Kansas City area. He also does extensive writing and arranging for small groups. Stan plays drums and hand percussion. He has maintained adjunct positions at UMKC and Missouri Western State University in jazz trumpet, theory and improvisation, and music business classes. For 7 years, Stan has been a faculty member of Kansas City Youth Jazz, now Kansas City Jazz Academy. He has been teaching jazz improvisation and theory privately for 29 years.