Jay Sweet teaches bass instruction, Jazz History, American Music History, and Music Appreciation at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. He has also taught related courses at Middlesex College and Rutgers University.

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In addition to his teaching career, Jay Sweet is the owner and director of Sweet Music Academy (Howell, NJ), where he and his staff have successfully instructed over 4,000 students over twenty years.

 

Jay Sweet holds degrees from Berklee College of Music (B.M.) and Rutgers University (M.M.).