NOCCA Level 3 & 4 Senior Jazz Recital on May 7, 2003 at the Ellis Marsalis Jazz Studio on the campus of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). NOCCA Seniors: Troy Andrews, Mike Ballard, Sullivan Fortner, Julian Gosin, Sreve Harrell, &  Khris Royal.  NOCCA Junior : Jonathan Batiste

In 2010, Trombone Shorty’s album Backatown was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Khris Royal : In the horn section for Rebelution’s “Falling Into Place,” which earned a Best Reggae Album nomination in 2017

Pianist, bandleader, vocalist and musical genius Jon Batiste has been nominated for Best American Roots Performance for “Saint James Infirmary Blues” 2019

 Sullivan Fortner, pianist on The Window, Best Vocal Jazz Album 2019