The Boston Globe | A tribute to Gunther Schuller, 50 years after he brought jazz to school

The Boston Globe profiles President Gunther Schuller in preparation for a Thursday, December 5 Jazz50 concert honoring Schuller's legacy:

Gunther Schuller, shown in 2003, established the Jazz Studies program at the New England Conservatory of Music. David L. Ryan/Globe staff/file

“He was thought of as this maverick who could change the whole outlook of the conservatory,” says George Schuller, who graduated from NEC in 1982.