Currently a professor at the University of Louisville (KY), Mr. Tracy has more than 35 years of teaching experience plus 30 years on staff at the renowned Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Clinic. A regional artist for Yamaha Corporation of America, he is also the founder of the Louisville Jazz Workshop and was an Artist-in-Residence for the Kentucky Arts Council from 1980 until 1988.

• Fulbright Senior Specialist, Estonian Music Academy in Tallinn, Estonia, 2004
• Distinguished Faculty Service, University of Louisville, 2000
• Red Apple Awards, University of Louisville, 1999
• School of Music Alumni Service Award, University of Louisville, 1996