Adam Gaines, DA, Ball State University, is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, where he teaches trumpet, jazz ensembles, jazz history, and works with music technology. Gaines has performed as a soloist in his native Kentucky, as well as throughout Indiana, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria, and at the Montreux and North Sea Jazz Festivals. He can frequently be heard performing with Gypsy Trip, a Django Reinhardt-inspired jazz combo, and with Brass Differential, a New Orleans-style funk band.