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Aaron Woolley

Aaron Woolley is a Trumpet player in the San Diego area who is trained in Big Band Jazz, as well as Classical. He began playing piano at the age of 4, and has taken lessons since. He began playing trumpet after the 4th grade, and has...

Abram Wilson

Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1975, Abram Wilson was raised along with his four brothers and one sister in New Orleans, Louisiana. The eldest of six children, the entire family including mother, Doris Wilson, and father, Willie C Wilson...

Adam Czerepinski

"Adam Czerepinski's trumpet playing is extraordinary." -JazzReview.com "Adam Czerepinski is a fresh voice among modern jazz trumpet players...his trumpet playing sparkles." -International Trumpet Guild Journal Composer and trumpet...

Adam Linsley

I have recorded a new CD to raise money for Lindsey Lodge Hospice in North Lincolnshire, UK The hospice is an amazing place, they cared for my Mother in her later stages of secondary breast cancer offering both day care and then full time...

Adam Meckler

Trumpeter, composer and educator, Adam Meckler graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI in 2007 with a degree in trumpet performance and an emphasis in jazz studies. He was a member of LU's Downbeat award winning Jazz Ensemble...

Adesh Balraj

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Adir Kochavi

Adir Kochavi, is a known trumpet player as well as a composer and arranger born in Israel. He is actively playing and participating in different scenes of music and various projects in the Netherlands, Europe and South America. Adir's...

Ahmed Abdullah

Ahmed worked for Carnegie Hall's Education Department and the Brooklyn Philharmonic as a performing and teaching artist for a number of years. He is currently a Teaching Fellow with the Department of Education, teaching music in...

Ahola Alternative

Ahola Alternative is a band/recording project of a Finnish jazz trumpet player Jyrki Ahola.

Al Chez

Al was born in Jersey city, New Jersey in 1961. His father a country and western singer and his mother always had a love for music. When Alan was three his parents took him and his two older brothers Michael and Peter to a drum and bugle...

Al Hirt

A phenomenally proficient trumpet player, Al Hirt was one of the most successful instrumental recording artists of the 1960s. Perhaps modeling his genial stage personality after Louis Armstrong, Hirt was a tremendously popular performer,...

Al Monaro

• Retired US Navy Musician • Retired NY City Teacher • University of Miami Jazz/Music undergrad • Masters of Education, Framingham College • Performed shows/club dates/radio/TV/from Honolulu to Haifa • Presently performing solo...

Alain De Vis

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Alan Gaumer

Alan Gaumer, trumpet, began playing the trumpet in 1958. He was a member of Kal’s Kid’s appearing on the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour and numerous other television shows. Participating in band, orchestra, and stage bands through...

Alan Hood

Trumpeter Alan Hood hails from the small upstate New York town of Pumpkin Hook and has been performing music for over 30 years. Mr. Hood toured the world with the Phil Collins Big Band, appearing at the Montreux and North Sea Jazz...

Albert Strong IV

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Aleksei Saks

Aleksei Saks has completed his classical trumpet studies in Estonian Music Academy (1995). He has been playing classical music in Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tallinn Brass, Latvian Chamber Orchestra,...

Aleksey Batychenko

Born in Yaroslavl USSR Study in Moscow in Gnesin college of music After study play in Anatoly Kroll orchestra. Now very popular studio sessions musician in Russia

Alex Nguyen

Trumpeter Alex Nguyen is a native of Savannah, Georgia. His lifelong fascination with music dates back to his early childhood, when his Godmother, a church organist, began giving him piano lessons. The pursuit continued when Alex took up...

Alex Polley

Alex Polley is a student at Dalhousie University, in Halifax Canada. He is studying the trumpet, as well as concentrating in musicology. Currently, he is writing a thesis focusing on the transition from swing to bebop in the 1940s.

Alex Sipiagin

Alex Sipiagin was born on June 11, 1967 in Yaroslavl, Russia, a provincial city 150 miles from Moscow known for being home to one of Russia’s most famous opera singers, Leonid Sobinov, also Alex’s great-grand uncle. At 12 years of age,...

Alex van Heerden

Young protege of Robbie Jansen. Member of the Goema Captains and with several solo albums.

Alexander Pope Norris

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Alexis Baro

Alexis Baro Alexis Baro is a 2005, 2006 and 2007 nominee for Best Trumpet Player at the National Jazz Awards , co-winner of a Juno award and recipient of a Gemini Award for a live television performance with the band Kollage. He has...

Ambrose Akinmusire

Ambrose's conceptual extension into a new musical language is never to the exclusion of beauty. As one who listens intently, he values the fertility of a pause, of communication, of tension. Ambrose began conceptualizing early as a...

Amik Guerra

Amik Guerra Lig-Long was born on May 11, 1973 in Havana, Cuba, where he also grew up and finished successfully his studies Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte”. Amik Guerra has made his reputation with a combination of skill in...

Amir ElSaffar

Amir ElSaffar, trumpeter, composer, singer, and santoor player, is garnering an international reputation for his work, both in the traditional Iraqi Maqam and in jazz music. Described as "one of the important carriers of the Iraqi Maqam...

Amy Horvey

Recent engagements included Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Open Space Victoria New Music Series, Arraymusic, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, National Arts Centre/NAC Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, and...

Anders Bergcrantz

ANDERS BERGCRANTZ’ BIOGRAPHY 2012 The orchestral piece ”The Painter” by Anna-Lena Laurin with Anders Bergcrantz as trumpet soloist, is recorded for upcoming CD release. Anders Bergcrantz Quartet w/Adam Nussbaum performes at...

Andre Canniere

American trumpeter and composer Andre Canniere is fast establishing himself as a leading figure on the UK jazz scene. Prior to his move to London in 2008, Andre lived in New York City where he worked with artists such as Maria...

Andrea Tofanelli

Andrea Tofanelli is a trumpet instrumentalist born in Viareggio (Lucca, Italy) and began to study music and trumpet in 1976 in the wind ensemble of his village with some musicians close to Dean Benedetti, the famous italo-american jazz...

Andrew Colman

Andrew Colman is a jazz flugelhorn/trumpet player and educator based in Bristol, UK. He studied with Richard Iles at Leeds College of Music and graduated in 1999 with a 1st Class (Hons) Degree in Jazz Studies. In 1999 he won the RSA Young...

Andrew Hoglund

Andrew Hoglund was born in Portland, Oregon. He started playing piano at the age of five. At the age of 12 his musical talents were recognized by the leadership at his church and he was encouraged to play trumpet in the church band. ...

Andrew Neesley

Winner of the 1999 National Trumpet Competition in Washington, DC, Andrew Neesley is a rising star among jazz trumpet players. DownBeat magazine has just awarded Andrew Neesley "Best Engineered Studio Recording" for an album he is...

Andy Davies

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Andy Fiddes

Australian trumpeter and composer Andy Fiddes has been exciting audiences with his blend of Contemporary Jazz and "quirky" stage presence since making a mark on the Sydney jazz scene with the little big band FIDDAESTHETIC. Since then his...

Anita Eccleston

Anita Eccleston is a trumpet player and vocalist who presents music ranging from traditional jazz standards to funk, motown, soul, blues, pop covers and originals. Whether she is appearing with her quartet, trio or as a solo act she is...

Annette Neuffer

Annette Neuffer began studying jazz trumpet at the music high school in Graz. Two years later she attended the Stuttgart music high school and studied with Claus Stötter, gaining a diploma. She also took other music courses before...

Ansyn Banks

Ansyn Banks is the newest member of the Jazz division at the University of Louisville. Here, he will teach Jazz trumpet, coach combos, and other courses in the jazz program. Originally from Columbus, Ohio Ansyn has performed with the...

Arturo Sandoval

Arturo Sandoval - Trumpet, composer, recording artist Arturo Sandoval is a virtuoso trumpet master who has expressed his versatility in the realms of jazz, Latin Jazz, popular and classical music. He has won six Grammy’s , one Emmy, is...

Arve Henriksen

Born in 1968, Arve Henriksen studied at the Trondheim Conservatory from 1987-1991, and has worked as a freelance musician since 1989.

He has worked with many musicians familiar to ECM listeners, including Jon Balke (with whose...

Austin King Casey

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Avishai Cohen - Trumpet

Avishai Cohen is a leading figure on the international jazz scene and one of the most sought-after players of his generation--“an assertive and accomplished trumpeter with a taste for modernism,” according to Nate Chinen of The New...

Axel Dorner

Axel Dörner's first instrument was piano, which he initially studied at the conservatory in Arnhem, the Netherlands, from 1988 to 1989, and subsequently (1989 to 1996) at the Musikhochschule in Köln. From 1991 he studied trumpet...

Baikida Carroll

(composer, trumpet) is a highly pivotal figure in the music world as both a composer and trumpeter. His scores and trumpet have distinguished theater, dance, TV, film and concerts for 4 decades. His music has been heard at prestigious...

Barrie Lee Hall Jr.

Rarely does the phone ring at 3 a.m. with good news. But nearly 37 years ago, when Barrie Lee Hall Jr.’s mother-in-law woke him because there was “some ‘Duke’ on the phone,” the early-morning call launched a career. The...

Bart Maris

Trumpet player Bart Maris (°1965) is a musician from the outskirts of jazz. It's not that he doesn't like the downtown club scene. It's that Maris enjoys the arguments and discussions with different genres and different musicians...

Bart Miltenberger

UK-born trumpet player, Bart Miltenberger, whose playing has been called "impressive" by JazzTimes magazine, is a lyrical and melodic player with a warm and beautiful trumpet sound. He was recently invited by world-renowned trumpet star...

Ben Bowen

Ben studied jazz trumpet at York University and Humber College, and has played and recorded as a sideman with a number of notable Canadian musicians, including Great Aunt Ida, Ronley Teper, Kevin Hearn, Lily Frost, Valery Gore, Brian...

Ben Frock

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Ben Holmes

Trumpet player Ben Holmes is based Brooklyn, New York. He performs regularly as a sideman with ensembles including Slavic Soul Party!, Justin Mullen's Delphian Jazz Orchestra, Cynthia Hopkins, the Stagger Back Brass Band, Romashka, and One...

Ben Neill

Ben Neill has been described as a “creative composer, genius performer and inventor of the mutantrumpet” (Time Out NY 2008) whose music “masterfully blurs the lines between electronic dance music and jazz sounds” (Billboard). ...

Ben Syversen

The anything goes, eclectic mentality of the musical melting pot of Brooklyn, NY is the perfect setting for trumpeter and composer Ben Syversen’s first album as a leader, Cracked Vessel. Making the most of the broad palette available to...

Ben Thomas

Trumpet and flugel horn player Ben Thomas has performed with a diverse range of contemporary artists from the world of jazz, pop and classical music. "Very impressive and creative" (Jazz Journal). In 2004 he formed the trio Mosaic...

Benny Bailey

Benny Bailey was born on August 13, 1925 in Cleveland, Ohio. His father was an amateur saxophonist and his mother played the piano. After some experience on piano and flute early in his career, he switched to the trumpet and studied at...

Bert Lochs

Bert Lochs belongs to the rare breed of jazz trumpeters, that not only play in sections of both pop and jazz ensembles but also take jazz improvisation to the next level. To reach this goal, he took lessons from Dutch jazz artists like...

Bill Averbach

Bill Averbach is a seasoned musician with over 30 years of professional music experience. He has performed worldwide and recorded with many well known recording artists not just in the jazz genre, but world-beat, classical, folk, country,...

Bill Chase

William Edward Chiaiese was born on October 20, 1934 to John and Emily Chiaiese(key-ah-tze) in Dorchester , Massachusetts . The family later moved to Squantum , Mass. John changed the family name to Chase, understanding that the Italian...

Bill Dixon

Bill Dixon has been a driving force in the advancement of contemporary American Black Music for more than 45 years. His pioneering work as a musician and organizer in the early 1960’s helped lay the foundation for today’s creative...

Bill Lucas

A member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra trumpet section since May 1988, Bill Lucas was born and raised in the Detroit metropolitan area. He attended Plymouth High School and the University of Michigan, where he was...

Bill Stevens

Bill Stevens - Performer, Composer, Arranger, Educator EDUCATION: September 1992 to May 1994 Master of Arts - Education Administration New York University, New York City School Administration and Supervision School District...

Blue Mitchell

Blue Mitchell was born March 13, 1930 in Miami, Florida. He took up trumpet in high school where he acquired his nickname. After high school, he toured with R&B bands led by Paul Williams, Earl Bostic, and Chuck Willis. After returning to...

Bob Keller

I am a professor at Harvey Mudd College, who also teaches jazz improvisation. I perform occasionally, on trumpet or piano. Since 2005, I have managed the Impro-Visor project, which provides software to help musicians learn to improvise or...

Bob Lark

Bob Lark is a trumpet and flugelhorn player whose performances are especially notable for his lyrical style and fine tone. His harmonically oriented improvisations shift between aggressive and cool playng. In speaking of Lark, jazz...

Bob Montgomery

Bob Montgomery - trumpet, educator, bandleader Bob Montgomery is an internationally recognized performing artist who has appeared throughout Europe, Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, Great Britain and the United States. He has...

Bob Strickland

Bob Strickland grew up in Dallas, Texas, and his earliest memories of jazz music are from age three, when he first heard his mother’s 78 RPM records of Tommy Dorsey, Stan Kenton, Woody Herman, Harry James, and Gene Krupa. He has since...

Bobby Bradford

How can one begin to assess the numerous contributions of a great cornetist/trumpeter/composer/bandleader/educator? How can one also adequately offer a testament for an artist who is such a high quality human being and who profoundly...

Bobby Hackett

Bobby Hackett, one of nine children, was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island. At an early age he played the ukulele and by the time he was twelve played guitar and violin, and had bought his first cornet. He left high school after...

Bobby Shew

Bobby Shew, (born March 4th, 1941, Albuquerque, New Mexico) began playing the guitar at the age of eight and switched to the trumpet at ten. By the time he was thirteen he was playing at local dances with a number of bands and by fifteen...

Booker Little

Booker Little was a prolific trumpeter and composer by any standard, but considering his tragically brief life, his musical achievements are astonishing. A Memphis native, he trained at the Chicago Conservatory of Music, where he...

Brad Goode

Trumpeter Brad Goode is a unique and instantly recognizable virtuoso. Whether working as a soloist, bandleader, lead trumpet man or sideman, for 25 years he has consistently been one of the busiest performers in the United...

Brad Mason

Brad Mason (born on July 24, 1973) began trumpet lessons with his father at age five and piano lessons at age nine. He played both instruments at school and outside recitals. By age 14, he was performing in dance halls, theaters,...

Brad Turner

"It's That Time" is the Brad Turner Quartet's first release on Cellar Live Records; although Brad has performed as a sideman on many of the releases on this label, this is his first as a leader. A live recording, this record captures the...

Bradley Levy

Professional trumpet player in Chicago. Full time theatre musician and member of Board of Directors of Chicago Federation of Musicians. Active in performance and promotion of original music.

Brandon Lee

As the youngest faculty member in the jazz studies program at The Juilliard School, Brandon Lee is committed to preserving the integrity of America’s uniquely original art form, jazz. Brandon has toured the world presenting...

Bria Skonberg

New York-based trumpeter/vocalist/songwriter Bria Skonberg has been performing for over 20 years. Originally from Chilliwack, BC Canada, she has been a bandleader and guest artist all over North America, Europe, China and Japan. Best known...

Brian Chahley

“This Way” is the newest album from young up-and-coming trumpeter Brian Chahley (20) from Toronto, Canada. After spending two years as a fellow at the prestigious Brubeck Institute (www.brubeckinstitute.org) in California playing...

Brian Groder

Brian Groder is rapidly becoming known as one of the most original jazz voices of his generation. Equally fluent on trumpet and flugelhorn, Groder draws on the entire jazz tradition, as well as world music influences, to create the music...

Brian Lynch

A respected insider within both the hardcore straight ahead and Latin Jazz communities, 2007 Grammy Award Winner Brian Lynch is as comfortable negotiating the complexities of clave with Afro-Caribbean pioneer Eddie Palmieri as he is...

Brian Owen

The arrival of Brian Owen on the jazz scene was not accompanied by fanfare promising a new era. Rather, critics and audiences saw an artist who had worked diligently through his formal studies and made progress on his most important...

Brian Shaw

Brian Shaw is Assistant Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at Louisiana State University and is Co-Principal Trumpet of the Dallas Wind Symphony under the direction of Maestro Jerry Junkin. As a Baroque trumpet player, Brian has...

Brian Swartz

Brian Swartz Stomvi Trumpet Artist Trumpet, EVI, Composer, Arranger, Instructor Los Angeles, CA BSTPT@aol.com In his most recent release “Three,” on Summit Records in June 2006, Brian Swartz pays homage to the great trumpeter Chet...

Brownman

Born "Nick Ali" on the small Caribbean island of Trinidad, schooled in New York City under Grammy winner Randy Brecker’s watchful eye and now called "Canada’s preeminent jazz trumpeter" by New York City’s Village Voice magazine, the...

Bruce Friedman

Bruce Friedman is a trumpeter based in the Southern California area. He has studied trumpet with Uan Racey, James Stamp, Marco Blaauw and others. After earning his Bachelors Degree in Music at Humboldt State University, he earned a...

Bruce Harris

Bruce Harris' affinity for Jazz music began as a child listening to his grandfather play the alto sax in his family's south Bronx apartment. After viewing Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues, Bruce's intrigue with the trumpet grew and his...

Bruno Leicht

Bruno Leicht studied jazz trumpet in Cologne from 1985 to 1990 and is an examined music teacher. He is currently mostly active as performer in Cologne and Berlin. He gives regular jazz history classes at the Cologne...

Bryan Davis

Bryan Davis grew up in the resort town of Cleethorpes, NE Lincolnshire. He started to play the Trumpet at the age of 8. He received his initial musical training at school and in local youth bands and orchestras. He received his first...

Bryson Barnes

Trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and educator Bryson Barnes has earned jazz degrees from the University of Miami and McGill. He has appeared with a diverse cast of musicians, from Montreal jazz legend Vic Vogel to hip-hop stalwart...

Bubber Miley

Bubber Miley's hot trumpet was featured - growling and moaning - on the nightly broadcasts of Duke Ellington's Washingtonians from the Kentucky Club, New York City in the twenties. He wrote the bands early theme-tune, “East St. Louis...

Buck Clayton

Buck Clayton first rose to national fame as the lead soloist with the first great Count Basie band that roared out of Kansas City in late fall, 1936. Ironically, while Clayton’s understated, bell-like sound is associated with the...

Buddy Childers

Marion "Buddy" Childers, jazz trumpeter and bandleader was born St Louis, Missouri. Playing lead trumpet for a big band is like being a carthorse. It's one of the most demanding jobs in music requiring not only great musical skill and...

Bunk Johnson

Bunk Johnson - trumpet (1889 - 1949) A jazz legend from before the music existed in name; separating the truth from the myth in the life of trumpeter Bunk Johnson has never been simple. While Johnson claimed he was born in Louisiana...

Bunny Berigan

Bernard "Bunny" Berigan left his mark, whether leading his own band or sparking someone else's. Berigan was one of the top three trumpet soloists during the Big Band era and one of the few who had an original style not in the mold of Louis...

Byron Stripling

Columbus Jazz Orchestra Artistic Director and trumpet virtuoso, Byron Stripling, has ignited audiences throughout the world. Stripling has become a favorite throughout the country, soloing with Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops, Seattle...

Byron Wallen

Byron was raised in a musical environment and started learning his first instrument, the piano, at an early age. He then went on to study the trumpet with Jimmy Owens, Donald Byrd and Jon Faddis in New York. His early music career was...

Caesar Ulsano

Currently a freelance player in Japan.

Calvin Owens

Those with a sense of history may remember Calvin Owens for his two long tours of duty with B. B. King, serving as B.B.'s first music director during the 1953-57 affiliation ( the Kent Years) and then as bandleader for King's orchestra...

Cam McAllister

I'm from Melbourne, Australia and play and write contemporary jazz. I also write and arrange big band music.

Carl Saunders

Jazz listeners living in the Los Angeles area and musicians worldwide have long known that Carl Saunders is one of the great trumpet players around today. Now with the release of four remarkable recordings (Out Of The Blue,...

Carlo Bohlander

I met Carlo in 1971 while I was working for Anita at her club across the Maine in Frankfurt. Carlo was opening a new club, DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE and Teddy who was to manage it wasn't able so Carlo asked me to open it. I worked for him most...

Carlos Abadie

Carlos started his professional career with Jason Linder and his Big Band, then on to Ben Dixon’s Sextet and Charlie Persips’ Big Band. By 2005 he was playing with Illinois Jacquet’s Big Band. In 2009 Carlos had the opportunity to...

Carlos Redman

When the worlds of Hip-hop and Jazz collide, you get Carlos Redman, a musician with strong chops and limitless groove. This Detroit native has grown into one of the most prolific experimental trumpeters of the modern world. Blending a...

Carmell Jones

An excellent hard bop trumpeter, Carmell Jones would probably have been much better-known today if he had not moved to Europe in the mid-'60s at the height of his career. In 1960, after two years in the army and two years at...

Carol Morgan

Carol Morgan is a jazz trumpeter, composer, author and college professor who resides in NYC. Originally from Texas, she is a Juilliard graduate who has worked with many remarkable teachers including Chris Gekker, Mark Gould, Ingrid Jensen,...

Cassius White

The title of my CD is "From the Inside Out," featuring my title track, Cora Lee. The title track is the key to my success because it has motivated my music, like listening to Rick Braun, Chuck Mangione and Miles Davis. Consider me as an...

Cat Anderson

William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson grew from a childhood in the Jenkins Orphanage to become the acclaimed lead trumpet player with Duke Ellington and one of the most recognized high-note trumpet players of all time. Born in Greenville,...

Cecil Bridgewater

Cecil Bridgewater's 30 plus years of experience includes roles as performer, composer, arranger, record producer and educator. He has been a member of the groups of Max Roach, Horace Silver and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra...

Centennial Hiptet

A group of talent professional musicians playing Jazz for Music City.

Chad McCullough

Trumpeter / composer Chad McCullough has been on an upward trend for years. He has three critically-acclaimed albums under his own name, several tours around the globe, and has played a key role in countless ensembles and projects. Called...

Charles Tolliver

On his Blue Note Records debut, With Love, Charles Tolliver presents his extraordinary big band charts and sui generis trumpet playing for the first time on a major U.S. label. For the occasion, Tolliver recruited a pan-generational...

Charlie Porter

As a multi-genre trumpeter and composer, Charlie Porter takes an all-encompassing approach to music that's beginning to make a name for him on the local music scene as well as abroad. In 2006, Charlie and his quartet were chosen by Jazz @...

Charlie Sepulveda

Recognized as a hot trumpeter of the Latin jazz scene in the Caribbean, Latin America and the U.S., Charlie Sepulveda continues to create a buzz in the music industry. With seven productions of his own as leader, he has been able to...

Charlie Shavers

Charlie Shavers was one of the great trumpeters to emerge during the swing era, a virtuoso with an open-minded and extroverted style along with a strong sense of humor. He originally played piano and banjo before switching to trumpet, and...

Chet Baker

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. was raised in a musical household in Oklahoma (his father was a guitar player), and coming of age in Southern California during the bebop era of jazz, Baker found success as a trumpet player in 1951 when...

Chris Botti

Trumpeter Chris Botti is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented composer, and a charismatic performer who-- since the release of his first solo album in 1995--has created a series of recordings which have made him a virtual genre-of-one in...

Chris Kase

Chris Kase (b. 1964, New Brunswick, NJ) is a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer and educator who has resided in Madrid, Spain since 1997. He has performed and/or recorded with many well known jazz artists such as: The Mingus Big Band,...

Chris Kirk

Trumpet/Flugel Horn/Percussion. Chris Kirk started his musical career at the age of 6 when he learned to play trumpet. Since then he has developed his playing through brass bands, swing bands, jazz groups, pop groups and orchestras....

Chris Pasin

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Chris Sokol

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Chris Tedesco

Chris Tedesco has distinguished himself as a one of the top call trumpet players on the music scene in Los Angeles since 1987. Equally at home performing classical trumpet, lead trumpet or jazz solos, chamber music or orchestral pieces,...

Chris Thompson

I first remember getting excited about the trumpet when my father took me to see Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass in 1966. I was eight years old. As a teenager I saw a TV program about Charlie Parker and heard Herbie Hancock's...

Christian Scott

On March 30, 2010 star trumpeter Christian Scott will release Yesterday You Said Tomorrow, his highly anticipated, all-new 10-song collection. First single and Thom Yorke (Radiohead) cover 'The Eraser' available now on iTunes:...

Chuck Fesperman

Chuck Fesperman is a jazz trumpeter. Originally from North Carolina, Chuck studied music at Appalachian State University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was a member of the Charlotte Jazz All-Stars. He performed with...

Chuck Gottesman

Chuck Gottesman is one of the most active trumpet players in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. His ability to perform with expertise in many styles has made him first-call with many area bandleaders and brides-to-be. The press has called...

Cindy Bradley

When Cindy Bradley, in a last minute rush to choose an instrument to play in her 4th grade elementary school band program, chose the trumpet, little did she know it would someday put her on a collision course with Trippin 'n' Rhythm...

Clark Terry

Clark Terry's career in jazz spans more than sixty years. He is a world-class trumpeter, flugelhornist, educator, and NEA Jazz Master. He performed for seven U.S. Presidents, and was a Jazz Ambassador for State Department tours in the...

Claudio Roditi

This Brazilian composer/arranger and trumpet artist has fourteen critically acclaimed albums, a Grammy nomination, and a busy international touring schedule that includes the most prestigious jazz festivals in the world. Claudio Roditi...

Clay Jenkins

Clay Jenkins' career as a jazz artist has covered a wide range of musical experiences and responsibilities, bringing him to the forefront of the jazz performing and teaching arenas. Clay's experience as a performer began at an early age...

Clifford Brown

He was the most brilliant trumpet player of his generation, an original and memorable composer, a dynamic stage presence and one of the authentic legends of modern jazz. Clifford Brown was born October 30, 1930 in...

Clora Bryant

Clora Bryant - trumpet One of the last living musicians of the Be-Bop jazz era is a exceptional woman who mentors the next generation of jazz players. Clora Bryant toured with Billie Holiday, and she is the only woman trumpet player...

Conrad Gozzo

Conrad Gozzo was a highly accomplished first call trumpet player, and as studio musician, appeared on countless recordings, radio shows, television and film soundtracks during his tenure in Los Angeles. Gozzo was a member of the NBC...

Consort Immanuel

Consort Immanuel is a musical arts organization committed to bringing quality music and music education to the people of Houston, TX.

Conte Candoli

Conte Candoli had this incredible mop of white hair, a carefully managed harvest of silver that flashed like a battle pennant when he was up there in the back row of a big band. The back row is where the trumpet players sit. This is the...

Cootie Williams

Throughout his years with Ellington, and on many occasions under his own name, Cootie consistently displayed a vigorous command of his instrument. Whether playing the muted colourful compositions of Ellington, or playing in...

Corey Wilkes

As a child, Corey Wilkes was surrounded by the sounds of Blues, R&B, Soul, Funk and Jazz. He picked up the trumpet for the first time at the age of 10. Starting with the school band, Corey's natural talent immediately began to...

Craig Pedersen

Award winning trumpet and composer Craig Pedersen is one of Canada's busiest creative musicians. Since moving to Ottawa from Victoria, BC, via Montreal three years ago, he has released three discs, with 2 more in the works, and has...

Craig Tweddell

Craig started playing the trumpet at age 12. Through out high school he excelled in music, earning positions in several honor bands and winning many music awards. After high school he attended Morehead State University where two major...

Cullen Knight

Cullen Knight is a jazz trumpeter and composer. Knight attended the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music and studied trumpet with Gilbert Johnson and Sam Krauss (principal trumpeters) with the Philadelphia Orchestra for four years. Cullen...

Cuong Vu

Cuong Vu is widely recognized by jazz critics as a leader of a new generation of innovative musicians. A truly unique musical voice, Cuong has lent his trumpet playing talents to a wide range of artists including Pat Metheny,...

Cy Touff

Cy (Cyril James) Touff played bass trumpet, an unusual horn then and now. He took up the instrument in the late 1940s, having earlier played piano, saxophone, xylophone, trumpet and trombone. He studied with Lennie Tristano in his native...

D. Nelson

Dave Nelson's parents were both musicians, his mother a pianist and his father a trombone player. He started his professional career in Seattle at age 19. In his early 20's he opened for Eddie Peabody, Jack Ross, the Gay 90's show in...

Dan Frankowski

Dan Frankowski is a thinker, novelty-seeker, trumpet player, and composer. He was raised in the Twin Cities, where his high school band (director Dennis Malmberg) and the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS) were early crucibles,...

Dan Jacobs, ph.d.

Dan Jacobs is a veteran freelance trumpeter who has worked nationally and internationally before settling in the Los Angeles area. He is busy in the studios, working with various bands as well as his own jazz combo.

Daniel Rosenboom

Daniel Aaron Rosenboom (b. 5/7/1982) is a creative trumpet artist, improviser, composer, and record producer who seeks break musical boundaries by fusing styles in new and inventive ways. For his compositions, he has been recognized...

Daniel Rosenthal

Daniel Rosenthal is a Boston based trumpet player and composer. His debut cd as a leader, "Lines", will be released September 13th on American Melody Records. It features ten original compositions and two by Thelonious Monk. The...

Darren Barrett

Canadian trumpet player Darren Barrett was born to Jamaican parents. His father worked as an auto mechanic and his mother worked in a factory. Darren's dad was also a part-time musician who "pushed all his five children toward music," and...

Dave Ballou

Dave Ballou has released eight internationally recognized CD's as a leader for the SteepleChase record label. He has performed or recorded with ensembles led by Michael Formanek, Kevin Norton, Maria Schneider, Andrew Hill, Dave Leibman,...

Dave Banks

Dave Banks has returned to the Northeast Ohio area after a twenty-year career in Las Vegas, Nevada. He performed in over 4000 shows there including numerous top production shows including six years with the "City Lights" Show at the...

Dave Bartholomew

Dave Bartholomew - trumpet, composer, arranger, producer New Orleans music man, Dave Bartholomew is one of the truly distinguished figures of the delta music scene, a man with multi talents as a songwriter, producer, bandleader and...

Dave Bendigkeit

Dave Bendigkeit has been on the San Francisco music scene since 1974. As a young man, he worked with just about every band and singer that came through town, including Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme, George Shearing, Jack Jones, Ray Brown,...

Dave Carter

Trumpeter/Composer Dave Carter splits most of his performing time between Seattle and San Francisco while residing in Emeryville, CA. Currently a member of the The Barrett Martin Group, Zony Mash + Horns, Tuatara, and Skerik's...

Dave Chisholm

Dave Chisholm is a trumpet player and composer who currently lives in Rochester, NY. In the fall of 2010 he started work on his DMA at the Eastman School of Music. He has his bachelor and masters degrees from the University of Utah. His...

Dave Douglas

Dave Douglas is a prolific trumpeter, composer and educator from New York City. His unique contributions to improvised music have garnered distinguished recognition, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron Copland award and two...

Dave Lisik

Canadian composer and trumpeter, Dr. David Lisik teaches jazz composition, arranging and theory at the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington. Dave’s diverse portfolio of compositions and arrangements includes 250+ works for jazz...

David Cooper

David Cooper is widely recognized as one of the most versatile trumpets players in the Midwest. His performing affiliations include Principal trumpet with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, the New Breed Jazz Quintet, the salsa band...

David George

David George (Trumpet, Flugelhorn) Seattle - Received a BM in music performance from Cornish College of the Arts. He has been teaching privately for over 20 years and is currently an active, professional musician performing in big bands,...

David Longoria

DAVID LONGORIA sings and plays the trumpet. He grew up listening to trumpeters Al Hirt, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Herb Alpert, Raphael Mendez and other musicians like Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich, Pete Fountain, Jaco Pastorius and many...

David S. Rydelnik

Dave Rydelnik is a trumpeter/vocalist and entrepreneur. He has been playing trumpet for 20 years, and singing nearly all of his life. He lives in Schenectady New York. Although his training as a jazz musician started late in his life, he...

David Smith

David Smith is a Canadian-born trumpeter currently residing in New York City. He studied and began his professional career in Toronto, and in 2000 he relocated to New York with a study grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. Before...

David Velez

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David Weiss

In a jazz climate that rewards neo-conservative tributes and far-flung exercises in deconstruction, David Weiss has distinguished himself another way: through finding novelty and flexibility in the mainstream. The trumpeter, composer, and...

Dennis Gonzalez

Trumpeter Dennis González is a musician/composer, visual artist, broadcaster, writer, educator, linguist, and world traveler who has lived in Dallas for the past 33 years. He has recorded 30 CD's as a leader in diverse styles for Ayler...

Derrick Gardner

One critic described Derrick Earl Gardner as "having a way of moving past the notes in a solo and getting into formal realms that make sense and heighten interest." Other critics cited Gardner's trumpet work as "Soulful and Intelligent, a...

DESHAYS Daniel

Ingénieur du son, réalisateur sonore, conférencier, auteur et professeur d’université, né le 8 juillet 1950, se destine au son par une grande passion développée parallèlement à des études universitaires théâtrales et...

Dewey Jackson

Legendary trumpeter Dewey Jackson was born just a few weeks before Louis Armstrong in June of 1900, but unlike Satchmo, Jackson rarely left his native St. Louis. Interestingly, for being one of St. Louis' marquee jazz names of the 20s and...

Dick Sudhalter

Richard M. Sudhalter, 69, a jazz musician, critic and biographer whose history of white jazz musicians prompted gales of protest when it was published in 1999, died Sept. 19 at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, N.Y. He had...

Diederik Rijpstra

At this moment, Diederik Rijpstra is one of the most talented and promising young trumpet players of the Netherlands. He distinguishes himself by a good share of creativity and originality in both his playing and compositional skills. He...

Diego Urcola

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, three‑time Grammy nominee Diego Urcola has been a member of the Paquito D'Rivera Quintet since 1991. Additionally, the oft‑in‑demand trumpeter performs regularly with the legendary saxophonist Jimmy...

Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie was one of the greatest jazz trumpeters of the 20th century and one of the prime architects of the bebop movement in jazz. Nicknamed "Dizzy" because of his zany on-stage antics, Gillespie, a brass virtuoso, set...

Dizzy Reece

Alphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece is a hard bop jazz trumpeter with a distinctive sound and compositional style. Reece was born January 5, 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of a silent film pianist. He attended the Alpha Boys School (famed in...

Doc Cheatham

One of the very last survivors of the early days of jazz, trumpeter Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham attracted attention from the historically- inclined right up to his death in 1997 at the age of 91. His career recapitulated much of the history of...

Doc Severinsen

A Grammy award winner, Doc has made more than 30 albums--from big band to jazz-fusion to classical. Two critically acclaimed Telarc CDs with the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra showcase his multifaceted talents from Bach to ballads. The Very...

Dominick Farinacci

28-year-old NYC-based jazz trumpeter Dominick Farinacci, recipient of the International New Star Award (along with Diana Krall & Christian McBride), the Disney New Star Award, and first place honors in the Carmine Caruso International...

Don (Rades) Rader

Brief History: Don moved from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles in 1942 and had, by that time been playing the trumpet for four years, beginning when he was five years old (inspired by the work of his father, who was a trombone player),...

Don Cherry

Don Cherry was born in Oklahoma City, OK in 1936 and raised in Los Angeles, where he first began to play the trumpet and later piano. According to Cherry, his upbringing had everything to do with his interest in music: "Yeah, well I was...

Don Ellis

Before his untimely death in 1978 at the young age of 44, Don Ellis was one of the most creative and innovative jazz musicians of all time. In a career span of less than 25 years, Don Ellis distinguished himself as a trumpeter, drummer,...

Don Rader

Born in Pittsburgh, Pa 1935. Moved to Los Angeles 1942 and graduated from high school 1953. Attended Long Beach City College in 1954 then entered to US Navy and graduated from US Naval school of Music in 1955. Attended Sam Houston State...

Donald Byrd

Trumpeter Donald Byrd was born in Detroit in 1932, his studies at Wayne State University (1954) were interrupted by military service, during which he played in an Air Force band. He then attended the Manhattan School of Music (MA in...

Donald Devienne

Born and raised in Paris, Donald Devienne took up the trumpet as a teenager and kept growing since then. He started to play regularly in his hometown where a new generation of french jazz players was rooted. After studying the instrument...

Donald Malloy

Donald Malloy’s eclectic approach to music is one best described as unique. Raised in an environment where music was as much a part of life as breathing, Donald developed his musical identity like a child goes through his...

Doug Pierce

Doug Pierce, an extremely gifted and talented composer/orchestrator, arranger and trumpeter hails from the motor city; Detroit, Michigan. Detroit is known for having produced some of the finest jazz musicians in the world. During his time...

Douglas Detrick

“Douglas Detrick is one of the brightest young talents to emerge in Oregon jazz lately.” - Brett Campbell, Willamette Week, 8.27.09 Douglas Detrick, 25, is a composer and trumpet player based in Eugene, Oregon. Equally at home as a...

Dr. Michael Schmidt

Former lead trumpet player for Dr. Jerry Falwell on the Old Time Gospel Hour.

DT Swing Band

DT Swing Band with: Daniel Thentz (trumpet) Marc Ueter (Piano) Gilbert Gubler (bass) Gianni Solinas (drums) Available for jazz gigs in Switzerland Contact: marc.ueter@bluewin.ch

Duane Eubanks

Duane Eubanks was born into a family of gifted musical talent. His mother, pianist Vera Eubanks, brothers, trombonist Robin Eubanks and guitarist Kevin Eubanks, and uncle, legendary pianist Ray Bryant have all contributed to his early...

Duane M. Carter

Growing up in what is now called South Central Los Angeles, Duane was exposed to some of the best musicians and widely diverse music on the planet. He attended Locke High School, which was a fertile breeding ground for local talent. His...

Duke Jones

Trumpeter Albert Jones is affectionately known to all friends and followers as “Duke”. A nickname is acquired from his favorite aunt, because of his love of music at an early age. A native of New York City via White Plains. Duke...

Dupree Bolton

Dupree Bolton - trumpet An elusive figure, Bolton's early life is shrouded in uncertainty other than that he ran away from home at the age of 14. By 1944, he was in New York City where he played trumpet in Buddy Johnson's band, before...

Dusko Goykovich

Born in 1931 in Jajce (Bosnia), Dusko Goykovich studied at the Music Academy in Belgrade from 1948 to 1953. As a youth he played with several jazz and dixie bands, mostly for dancing audiences and eventually on parties at the embassies of...

Dwayne White

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Eamon Dilworth

Eamon is currently studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music working towards a Bachelor of Music (Jazz) and was a 2007 James Morrison Scholarship finalist. He began trumpet at 8 years old along with violin, French horn and double...

Eclectic Jazz Experience

The Eclectic Jazz Experience, or The EJE, is a small band from Richmond, VA. The performers of The EJE have come together and taken their love for music and performing to the next level. The band continues to look for opportunities to show...

Ed Nuccilli

Ed Nuccilli was born on the east side of Detroit and was the youngest of five children. His father, Peter Nuccilli, an Italian immigrant, played trumpet for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and also gave private lessons to aspiring...

Eddie Allen

Trumpeter, composer, arranger, author...Eddie Allen is one of the more versatile musicians on the New York scene. He's called upon to play everything from jazz (big band as well as small ensembles) to R&B/Pop to latin to symphonic to...

Eddie Gale

EDDIE GALE was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1941 where he recalls listening to gospel and blues with his family at an early age. As he remembers, "This was the beginning of my music career. I often participated in neighborhood...

Eddie Henderson

Eddie Henderson is one of today's top and most original jazz trumpet players. Henderson was born in New York City October 26, 1940. His father sang with the Charioteers, and his mother danced as one of the Brown twins at the...

Eddie Severn

Performing Artist Eddie Severn has performed in a huge variety of musical situations from jazz to classical to rock. His performing career spans over 20 years and for 6 years he was lead trumpet player with the Scottish National Jazz...

Eddie Wen

I started to play Jazz since 2001, base in Malaysia. Hope to know more of you guys who have same interest of playing Jazz music. love to share more topic on trumpet and music... do leave me a message in my blog or something... peace.

Edmund Sobczak

Edmund Sobczak - trumpeter, composer originally from Poland where he studied trumpet performance at the University of Music in Poznan - one of the best Universities in the country. For the last 6 years he's lived in Oxford (UK). After 18...

Edward Nuccilli

Ed Nuccilli,legendary jazz trumpeter, arranger, composer and bandleader has been a mainstay on the Detroit music scene for 40+ years. Ed developed the Plural Circle 17 piece orchestra in the early 1980's and continues to perform today. All...

Elliot Deutsch

A Southern California native, Elliot Deutsch is quickly making a name for himself on the L.A. jazz scene as a bandleader, composer, and trumpeter. Since March 2007, Deutsch has led the 17-piece Elliot Deutsch Big Band, acting as its...

Emiliano Torres

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Emiliano Torres moved to miami at the age of 8 and has established himself in the music scene since High School playing with different local bands in Miami. Since then he has been recording and performing...

Enrico Rava

Enrico Rava, born in Trieste in 1939, is undoubtedly the most internationally acknowledged Italian jazzman. In forty years of his career as trumpet player, and composer, he has produced more than ninety recordings, tweny-five of which as a...

Eric Biondo

Eric Biondo-Trumpet Eric's genre bending trumpet playing can be heard in around New York City and beyond. He has toured with The Monkees, Antibalas, Spoon and Charlie Hunter Quartet. Eric can be heard playing trumpet on recordings such...

Eric Bolvin

“The smooth jazz trumpet idiom has been the stronghold of Ric Braun, Greg Adams, Chris Botti and, in its earliest iterations, Miles Davis and Herb Alpert. With Workin' It,, Bolvin shows he has the goods to stand with those commercially...

Eric Dubbury

I have been playing gigs in the Seattle area for a couple years now. I run my own jazz combo, brass quintet, and play with many different groups and in many different musical styles. I am a senior at Edmonds Woodway High School and will be...

Eric Siereveld

Eric M. Siereveld is jazz trumpet player, originally from Cincinnati, OH. When he was 16 he heard his first Clifford Brown record and was hooked. He studied music education and trumpet at Morehead State University. While there, Eric was...

Eric Vloeimans

Eric Vloeimans (1963), born in the Netherlands, is regarded as one of Europe’s best trumpet players. He shows an extraordinary talent for playing original music with an outstanding quality. On his cd's Vloeimans prefers to record...

Eric Wayne

Eric Wayne received his Baccalaureate in Music Performance from the University of Northern Colorado's Schoool of Music, where his professors included Wialliam Pfund, Buddy Baker, and Gene Aitken.

He has a Bay Area musician for over 10...

Erich Miller

Im currently a Jazz Trumpet major at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia

Erik Jekabson

Erik is a Bay Area Musician, currently living in North Berkeley. He just graduated in May 2006 from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with a master's degree in composition and is now working as a freelance composer, arranger and...

Erik Telford

Erik Telford grew up in Steinbeck country in a sleepy town called Pacific Grove, located on the central coast of California. As a teenager he was closely associated with the Monterey Jazz Festival and as a senior in high school, he became...

Erik Truffaz

In the next step of his evolution as a pioneering jazz figure, French trumpeter Erik Truffaz continues his exploration of modern dance rhythms informed by drum ‘n’ bass and hip hop as well as gripping rock ‘n’ roll with his quartet...

Eriko Ninomiya

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Ernie Hammes

Ernest Hammes is a trumpet instrumentalist born on 18th August 1968 in Esch/Alzette, Luxembourg Grand-Duchy. He began to play trumpet at the Conservatory Esch/Alzette in Luxembourg, then at the Conservatory Metz in France and completed...

Erskine Hawkins

Jazz trumpeter, Erskine Hawkins, was born in Birmingham, Alabama July 26, 1914. A talented high-note trumpeter and a popular bandleader, Erskine Hawkins was nicknamed "The 20th Century Gabriel." He learned drums and trombone before...

Etienne Charles

There is no use in trying to pigeonhole 2006 National Trumpet Competition winner Etienne Charles. One listen to his debut album Culture Shock reveals the depth and breadth of his varied musical heritage. From the Calypso and Steelpan...

Evan Weiss

Evan Weiss was born and raised near Seattle, Washington. In addition to playing the trumpet, much of his childhood was spent hiking and camping in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. Living in a musical household, he was able to pick...

Fabio Morgera

Fabio Morgera is a Grammy nominated trumpeter , composer and arranger well known around the world for his achievements in Jazz and contemporary music . He has played in the most important Jazz Festivals of the world including: JVC New...

Farnell Newton

Farnell Newton is performing with the Mike Phillips band. He also recently performed as trumpeter for the 2009 Soul Train Awards house band, which played with notable artists, such as Erykad Badu, Ledisi, Chaka Khan, Fantasia, Charlie...

Fats Navarro

“Fats was a spectacular musician because, in a time when cats arrived on the scene with nothing, he came on with everything: he could read, he could play high and hold anybody's first trumpet chair, he could play those...

Forbes Graham

Forbes Graham is a composer, trumpet player, and electronic musician currently based in the Boston area. He has appeared on over 30 recordings, including studio appearances on such labels as Metal Blade, Tzadik, and Troubleman. Forbes has...

François Legrain

François Legrain est un musicien, compositeur et producteur bruxellois né le 25 mai 1986 à Woluwé-Saint-Lambert Mélodies aériennes et rythmiques lourdes, sons urbains et résonnances jazz, le tout influencé du hip-hop...

Franco Ambrosetti

Franco Ambrosetti (player and composer), son of Flavio Ambrosetti, is born december 10, 1941 in Lugano (Switzerland). He studied piano from 1952 until 1959, then he taught himself the trumpet from 1959. In recent years he also plays...

Franco Baggiani

Studies After musical studies, followed by the music master Tolmino Marianini at the school of music in Fiesole and then taking private lessons from Bill Campbell (the leading trumpeter at the municipial theatre of Florence, Franco...

Frank London

Trumpeter/composer Frank London is a member of the Klezmatics, Hasidic New Wave, has performed with John Zorn, LL Cool J, Mel Torme, Lester Bowieπs Brass Fantasy, LaMonte Young, They Might Be Giants, David Byrne, Jane Siberry, Ben Folds...

Fred Jacobs

Fred Jacobs is a jazz trumpet player, arranger and composer, who has toured all over with some great jazz legends, including Lionel Hampton, Eddie Palmieri, Jimmy McGriff and Buddy Rich. His debut CD, TIME CHANGE, featured Dave Kikoski -...

Freddie Hubbard

Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (born April 7, 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American jazz trumpeter. In his youth, Hubbard associated with various musicians in Indianapolis, including Wes Montgomery and Montgomery's brothers. Chet...

Gabriel Johnson

Gabriel Johnson was born in Santa Clara, California in 1980 and grew up in Salinas, California. Early on, his greatest musical influence was his grandmother who always preached to him the importance of the arts and, most importantly, jazz....

Gabriel Rosati

Leaving for three months tour in Brazil with Samba do Pagode group SAMBAJAH. 2012: in a European tour with his own BRAZILATAFRO PROJECT (Italy, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Germany, Austria and Slovenia) 2011: in a South...

Garret Reynolds

Garret Reynolds is primarily a jazz trumpet player and composer who lives in Ventura County, California. Currently a student at Moorpark High School, he has been playing the trumpet for 7 years. During this time he has studied with and...

Gary Wagner

Gary Wagner "Daddy Wags", is a Trumpeter - vocalist now doing a single act in Central- South Florida. Gary has performed with and arranged /transcribed for Jon Hendricks as vocalist and on trumpet- flugel horn. Gary was singing in a...

Gast Waltzing

Gast Waltzing is a classic and jazz trumpeter, composer and producer. Born in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Waltzing defining passion has always been music. At the age of 7 he began his studies at the Conservatoire of Luxembourg, continued...

George Rose

Band was originally formed in 1983 and played mostly classic swing tunes.Since has evolved through various stages including pop, R&B and Big Band Jazz. Have accumulated a large library of tunes, (many custom arranged) and can cope with...

Gerald Bailey

Chicago trumpeter and composer Gerald Bailey draws from a wide range of musical styles to deliver a fresh new sound. He holds a Bachelors degree in trumpet from the University of Cincinnati and a Masters in composition from DePaul...

Gerard Kleijn

Dutch trumpeter Gerard Kleijn's band is a mixed batch. Apart from the leader himself and drummer Joost Kesselaar the other members are from the United States Sweden and France. That results in an energetic, innovating melting-pot of sound...

Gerard Presencer

Gerard Presencer is universally recognized as one of the best trumpet / flugelhorn players in his field. His most celebrated recorded performance, which has lead to his being described as "subliminally, the most famous trumpeter in the...

Gilberto Cervantes

Gilberto Cervantes Gilberto fue graduado de Berklee College of Music en Boston, MA. Desde su egreso en 2003, se ha colocado como unos de los músicos más multifacéticos y activos de la escena nacional. Recientemente doblemente nominado...

Gileno Santana

Brazillian born Gileno Santana lives in Portugal since 2005. With 23 years old is one of the best trumpet players in Portugal.

Gino Goss

Over the past four decades, Gino has honed his skills as a trumpet and flugelhorn artist adding Latin jazz percussions to his repertoire. While attending college at University of Arkansas, Gino played with the band Brown Sugar. Gino...

Giovanni Amato

ompositore di notevole spessore, ottimo arrangiatore, Giovanni Amato è un musicista dotato di uno swing eccezionale unito ad uno scorrevolissimo fraseggio boppistico. Il tocco morbido e potente, la musicalità versatile e spontanea sono...

Goran Kajfes

Goran is of Croatian heritage, grown up in Sweden in a family of musicians and artists. He is, since many years, an obvious authority at the very core in the Swedish music scene. A sought after session player, touring musician, arranger...

Gordon Au

Since graduating from the Monk Institute, widely renowned as the highest-level jazz education program in the world, Gordon has been making waves in both traditional and modern jazz circles, all from his home base in New York City. His...

Gordon James

Seasoned performer, composer, trumpeter and flugelhornist Gordon James has a unique style of music blending the worlds of Jazz, Latin, R&B, Pop and hip hop music. James states, "My music is both funky and lyrical; the arrangements are hip...

Gordon-Lennox

Ian Gordon-Lennox Trumpet, euphonium, tuba Ian Gordon-Lennox was born in 1958 in Ottawa, Canada. He studied classical music and jazz in Geneva. Since the late 1970's, he has toured in Europe, Russia, the Baltic States, Africa and the...

Graham Hunter

Graham is a multi-instumentalist, composer & vocalist and best known on the Southend jazz scene as leader of fusion bands "Export" and "The Funky Few", as well as playing alongside Kenny Baxter in the now defunt local jazz funk favourites...

Greg

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Greg Adams

The sound of Greg Adams is one of the world’s best-known musical signatures. A musical journey that has spanned nearly four decades from the time he first arrived on the San Francisco Bay Area music scene of the early ‘70s,...

Greg Duncan

After graduating from Washington State University, jazz trumpet player Greg Duncan started his career in the music industry. He has toured all over North America playing on cruise ships and in Broadway musicals. In 2001 he earned his...

Greg Englert

Greg is an award winning mutiple number 1 on-line jazz chart and top 20 rock/pop/easylistening on-line chart composer, musician and recording artist. He is based in Sydney Australia and performs with most of the top Jazz Bands and Sydney...

Greg Kalbaugh

Born in Hamilton Ohio 1954. Raised by Grandparents in Bakersfield California. Grandfather musician in U.S. Army in WWI. Played for John Philip Susa and was later an arranger and orchestra leader. Greg began trumpet at age 8 and was...

Greg Kelley

Greg Kelley began studying the trumpet at age 10. He attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, where in addition to studying the Conservatory curriculum, he also immersed himself in a deep study of avant- garde and...

Gregory Nemirovsky

Gregory Nemirovsky was born on the 23-th of October 1971 in the regional city Voroshilovgrad (now Lugansk, Ukraine). He took a primary seven-year course in composition at a college of music in Voroshilovgrad, with parallel completion of...

Gregory Rivkin

Jazz artist and trumpeter Gregory Rivkin is definitely on his way to becoming one of the most tasteful, creative and distinctive instrumental improvisers. Russian-born Israeli, Gregory Rivkin was introduced to jazz when a family member...

Gunhild Seim

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Guymon Ensley Hoggatt

If River Rouge, Michigan native Guymon Ensley Hoggatt had his way, he would have had a trumpet stuck in his "jibs" even before he was born. However, Henry Ford Hospital didn't offer music lessons with prenatal care at the...

Hackdaddy

Mike Hackbert is the creative force behind Hackdaddy. Mike has been an active musician since the early 70's, when he began playing brass instruments and settled on the trumpet as a primary instrument. Mike was involved with a number of...

Hannibal Lokumbe

Hannibal Lokumbe resides in the bucolic central Texas town of Bastrop with his wife Sumai and son Haile, but his career in music spanning more than four decades, continues to propel him forward on a globetrotting odyssey. Lokumbe’s...

Harold Little

Out of love for music, Harold Little is born. Performing for over two decades, he has developed a unique approach to music. His diverse musical education is attributed to the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, UDC’s Jazz Studies Program,...

Harold Zinno

Graduate North Texas State University
Sonny Costanzo Jazz Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Tour: Wayne Newton, Steve and Edie,Mitzi Gaynor

Harry "Sweets" Edison

Harry "Sweets" Edison is one of the few players in the history of jazz trumpet who could be instantly identified after only a few notes; along with Bobby Hackett, he was acknowledged as one of the few master...

Harry James

One of the most popular bandleaders of the wartime era, Harry James is best remembered today for his colorful trumpet playing and as the husband of pin-up girl Betty Grable. Born in a run-down hotel next to the city jail in Albany,...

Hayden Powell

Hayden Powell is a trumpet player and composer based in Oslo, Norway. Originally English, Powell moved to Norway as a child and grew up in Molde. He works in a variety of styles with an emphasis on jazz and improvised music, and...

Henry "Red" Allen

Trumpet player, Henry "Red" Allen Jr. was the son of Henry Allen who was the leader of the Allen Brass Band of Algiers, Louisiana. Algiers is directly across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. As a teenager he played in his...

Henry Busse

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Henry Spencer

Henry Spencer is an award-winning London based trumpeter, bandleader (Henry Spencer and Juncture) and composer. Since moving to London in 2008, Henry enjoys frequently performing in ensembles and featuring as a soloist in jazz...

Herb Alpert

Herb Alpert's persistent artistic vision reverberates as one note comprised of three simultaneous chords: curiosity, integrity and excellence. Creator and innovator, musician and producer, artist and entrepreneur, Herb Alpert is one of...

Herb Pomeroy

With Louis Armstrong as inspiration, Herb Pomeroy chose the trumpet as his instrument. By age twenty-five, he had performed with Charlie Parker, toured with Stan Kenton and Lionel Hampton and recorded with Serge Chaloff. Herb Pomeroy...

Herb Robertson

Herb Robertson is an avant-garde jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and music producer. He combines a thorough command of traditional and extended techniques with a prodigious imagination.

Born in New Jersey, he began to play trumpet in...

Herman Autrey

A raucous and energetic trumpet player, Herman Autrey is best known for accompanying piano great Fats Waller on his famous Victor sessions, in the 1930’s. Born into a musical family (his father and two brothers were musicians) Autrey...

Hilaria Kramer

1967 - Born in Switzerland 1983 - Conservatory of Jazz in St.Gallen (CH), under the direction of Benny Bailey and Art Lande. 1985 - Member of Claudio Fasoli’s Quintet. Many concerts all over the countries of Europe with musicians like...

Hot Lips Page

Known as a scorching soloist and powerful vocalist, Oran “Hot Lips” Page was one of the Midwest's top trumpet players. Oran Thadeus Page was born in Dallas, Texas, on January 27, 1908. Page's mother, a schoolteacher and...

Howard McGhee

McGhee was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but grew up in Detroit. He first learned to play the clarinet and tenor sax, then switched to trumpet. From 1936 to 1940 he travelled around playing in territory bands. In 1941 he led his own band at...

Hugh Ragin

A strikingly gifted post-bop trumpeter, Ragin's work as performer and composer was held in high esteem by his fellow musicians throughout the 80s and 90s. It was only at the end of the 90s, however, that word began to spread to a wider...

Hugo Alves

He was born in Lagos - Portugal, and he is an autodidactic musician, having initiated his musical studies at about seven years of age in the city..s philharmonic. In 1991 it is in Faro that finds a small jazz community made up of local...

Humphrey Lyttelton

Humphrey Lyttelton is descended from a long line of land-owning, political, military, clerical, scholastic and literary forebears. Not a musician among them. He claims to have most in common with a former Humphrey Lyttelton who was...

Ian Carey

A trumpeter of rare poise and vision, San Francisco’s Ian Carey makes a striking statement with Roads & Codes, an ambitious project that weaves his evocative original compositions together with the music of Stravinsky, Ives, and...

Ian Carr

Ian Carr has been at the forefront of British modern jazz for over 40 years. He started playing trumpet in his brother Mike’s band, the EmCee 5 in the very early 1960s. This bebop-influenced band even boasted a young John McLaughlin in...

Indofunk Satish

Satish was raised in the Boston area, where he started playing trumpet at the age of 13. He started out his career in biology, going so far as to obtain a Master's degree in molecular biology from the University of Wisconsin in Madison....

Ingrid Jensen

Born in Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, Canada, Ingrid headed east after receiving a number of scholarships to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Since graduating in 1989, her life has contained a whirlwind of musical...

Irvin Mayfield

Irvin Mayfield, born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1977, has established himself as the next musician to embody and represent the great New Orleans jazz trumpeter legacy. Mr. Mayfield has become a fast-paced pioneer in several endeavors....

Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra

IRVIN MAYFIELD BIO Irvin Mayfield, 31, is a Grammy-award nominated and Billboard-award winning trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger and recording artist. His dual passion for Jazz and New Orleans, the city of his birth, has...

Isaac Belot

Bass & Brass Big Band leader and arranger, also an independent movie maker.

Jabbo Smith

Jabbo Smith - trumpet, vocal Hailed a one of the original trumpet kings, Cladys Smith was born in Pembroke, GA on December 24, 1908. He was sent to the Jenkins Orphanage by his mother Ida Smith when he was six year old. Jabbo began...

Jack Davies

Having completed his classical training at the Royal Northern College of Music, Jack is currently studying jazz trumpet at post-graduate level at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Jack studies jazz trumpet with Gerard Presencer,...

Jack M. Taylor, Jr.

Jack Taylor is a Software Testing Specialist in the ATC (Automation, Testing and Configuration) group of TCO specializing in manual testing. Jack has 20 years of experience in software testing (mostly at Sprint, 13 years), has served in...

Jack Sheldon

Along with Lester Young in the 30s, Dizzy Gillespie in the 40s, and Zoot Simms in the 50s, Jack Sheldon is one of the Original Lions of the West Coast Sound. Jack's a premier improviser, is one of only a handful of trumpet players...

Jack Walrath

An often exciting, thoughtful trumpeter and good arranger, Jack Walrath has steadily gained attention and exposure through his contributions to outstanding sessions. Walrath began playing trumpet at nine, and studied at Berklee in the mid-...

Jacques Coursil

Jacques Coursil was born in Paris in 1938, his parents were from Fort de France, Martinique, and he received his musical and other schooling in the French capital. Between 1958 and 1961 he travelled in West Africa during its...

James Barela

James Barela was born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming and began his musical/trumpet training at 10. James learned quickly and was soon forming and booking his own jazz and rock combos. After graduating high school, James attended...

James Davis Quintet

James Davis, a Chicago trumpeter and music maker, is comfortable in and always exploring a wide array of musical environments. As an improvisor and composer, Davis is involved in a diverse blend of musical communities in the Chicago area....

James Duncan

James Duncan is a Trumpet player, Guitarist, Improvisor and Producer. He has performed and toured with a wide variety of musicians from both inside and outside of the jazz spectrum. Originally from Toronto, he stated playing the...

James Leo Gallo

Mansfield High School High School Band Director 29 years. Instrumental music and band director Charlotte Florida Schools 13 years Several Boston area Drum Corps arranger/brass instructor Boston area performances. Boston Pops (Arthur...

James M Gregg

In a tradition stretching from Miles Davis through Jon Hassell, Randy Brecker and contemporary artists such as Christian Scott, Cuong Vu and Dave Douglas, James M. Gregg extends the tonal palette of his trumpet and extends the language of...

James Symington

I have been playing the trumpet now for more than 10 years

James Zollar

James Delano Zollar began his musical career at age 9 playing bugle in his hometown, Kansas City Missouri. At 12, he graduated to the trumpet where he began to discover his musical voice and focus. After high school he continued to study...

Jamie Breiwick

Jamie is regarded as one of Wisconsin's most in-demand and versatile jazz trumpet players. Jamie has shared the stage with many nationally recognized musicians including: Dan Nimmer, Joe Sanders, Willie Pickens, Jim Pugh, Steve Houghton,...

Jamie Brownfield

Jamie Brownfield, 21, hails from the village of Llanrhaeadr Y.M. in Mid Wales. He started on the cornet aged 9 playing in the local brass band and by the time he was 12 was performing jazz in public, guesting wherever he could at...

Jan Allan

Jan Allan (* Jan Bertil Allan on 7. November 1934 in Falun) is a Swedish trumpet player and composer. He also a physicist. Jan Allen started his career in the 50's as a pianist, then changed to the trumpet as his main instrument. He...

Jason Arnold

Biography- www.geocities.com/therearemusics/Jasonbiography.html Written by Erik Mallo. Live shows- www.geocities.com/brandyarnold1976/spidertickorcentipede.html

Jason Bowen

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Jason Gaines

Please check my website www.jasongaines.com for bio and show information.

Jason Klobnak

Mr. Klobnak is a versatile trumpet player that has been performing as an active musician, author, clinician, composer and educator. He has written two improvisation-based texts called Targeting: Improvisation With Purpose and...

Jason Palmer

Jason Palmer Trumpeter/Composer/Arranger/Educator/Actor Jason Palmer is becoming one of the most in demand musicians of his generation. He has worked with icons such as Roy Haynes, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Smith (the organist),...

Jason Parker

Seattle-based trumpet/flugelhorn player and composer Jason Parker has been quietly making a name for himself as a first-call jazz, funk, R&B and rock musician. It was a visit from Dizzy Gillespie and band to Jason's elementary school that...

Jason Parra

Jason Parra picked up the trumpet at the age of three; it was his father Julian’s. It was twelve years later that he would start playing the instrument in High School. It was a bit odd that Jason chose football, wrestling and track...

Jason Prover

A rising star on the NYC music scene, Jason Prover already has an impressive resume at the age of 24. Raised in South Florida, Prover was introduced to music early in life by his parents. Choosing the trumpet at age 10, he was...

Jay Phelps

Trumpeter Jay Phelps is at the forefront of the young and creative generation of jazz musicians in the UK, with an instantly recognizable warm and projecting tone. A Vancouver-born Canadian, Jay was tutored by the city’s top jazz and...

Jean Caze

Winner of the 2006 International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition, and the 2004 National Trumpet Jazz Competition, Jean Caze has emerged as one of today’s most exciting new voices in jazz. Though only twenty-four, Jean has performed with...

Jean-Claude Naude

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Jeannie Tanner

“…Her singing is as lyrical as her trumpet playing, but more subtle and delicately nuanced. The silvery quality of her vocal tone, the pliancy of her rhythms and the originality of her compositions attest to her depth as a jazz...

Jeff Kaiser

Jeff Kaiser has played professionally with many different groups and individuals on television, film, radio, and in concert halls throughout the United States. He is the recipient of numerous grants, honors and awards. He is a...

Jeff Lofton

Jazz trumpet player Jeff Lofton debuted his first jazz CD, Jazz Therapy, in 2005. The self-produced CD mixes old style be-bop with modern forms of jazz in the tradition of Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and John Coltrane. In addition to...

Jeff Martinez

Currently a practicing professional development engineer, weekend warrior musician, playing contemporary Christian and big band jazz; performing on piano/keys, trumpet, drums, & vocals. Music is my passion...my love, 3rd only to God, me...

Jens Winther

Jens was born on October 29,1960, in Naestved, Denmark, died February 24, 2011, in Geneva, Switzerland.

Official website: http://jenswinther.net/

More info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Winther

Jeremy Davenport

For nearly a decade, Jeremy Davenport has been a vital part of the New Orleans music scene. With his original lyrics and music, Jeremy infuses his unique style and mood of storytelling creating not only a modern edge, but also the distinct...

Jeremy Pelt

Jeremy Pelt arrived in New York in 1998 after graduating from Berklee College of Music. Once he got there, it wasn't long before he started being noticed by a lot of top musicians in the city. His first professional Jazz gig was playing...

Jerry Gonzalez

There are still real innovators wandering throughout the world, absorbing, listening, playing and coming up with original concepts. Jerry Gonzalez is one such musical nomad, who has gone beyond world music into realms still devoid of...

Jerry Sabatini

Education Jerry Sabatini earned a Masters Degree in Contemporary Improvisation as a trumpet performance major from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston in 2009. He studied jazz, world and experimental improvisational music,...

Jesse Neuman

Jesse Neuman 240 East 46th St. # 12-B New York, NY 10017 917_783_4398 jesseneuman@gmail.com www.jesseneumaninfo.weebly.com Objective: composer / improviser/ educator / arts workshop developer + leader Instruments: trumpet / cornet /...

Jesse Selengut

Jesse Selengut is a Brooklyn-based trumpeter, composer and multi-instrumentalist. He has had success as a bandleader, film scorer, producer and sideman on over a dozen albums, most noticeably, Huge Voodoo's Affordable Magic...

Jevon J.

Jevon J. is a Jazz Trumpeter originally out of Miami, Fl. Jevon began playing trumpet around 13 years of age and ran into jazz at age 14. Many years later he was awared a full scholarship to several different universities for both...

Jim Cifelli

Jim Cifelli has been active as a trumpeter, composer and educator in New York City for 15 years. Jim holds degrees from New York University the Manhattan School of Music. His compositions and arrangements have been performed by numerous...

Jim Ketch

Jim Ketch - Director of Jazz Studies - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Summit Records Recording Artist - Faculty Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops - Artist/Clinician and Consultant Savannah Music Festival's Swing...

Jim Knodle

As a trumpet player, I have a reputation for eclecticism and originality springing from a desire to play the trumpet in a definitely "un-trumpetish" fashion.As far as Jazz goes I'm indebted mainly to saxophonists- Ornette Coleman, Paul...

Jim Rotondi

Trumpeter Jim Rotondi began his musical studies at a very early age. His mother, a piano teacher, encouraged Jim to begin playing the piano at age eight. He took up the trumpet at age twelve. In 1980 Jim graduated from Butte High School...

Jimmy Owens

At three years of age, Jimmy loved to listen to Jazz. As he tells it, “I’d choose a 78 from my father’s Jazz collection and play it on the Victrola. A particular favorite of mine was a picture record of Charlie Shavers performing...

Jimmy Smith (Trumpet)

Detroit based trumpeter, composer, and arranger Jimmy Smith is among the most sought after musicians in the Midwest. He holds a Masters degree in jazz performance from The Aaron Copland School of Music, and is an alumnus of The Berklee...

Jiver Hutchinson

A native of Jamaica where he was born in 1906, Leslie ‘Jiver’ Hutchinson began playing trumpet as a young man, notably in the "British West Indies Regimental Band" (Jamaica). In 1924, that band, with Hutchinson, went to England to play...

Joachim Kunze

German Trumpetplayer

Joe Magnarelli

Joe Magnarelli was born in Syracuse, NY. At the age of 12 he started to play the piano at home by ear, and a few months later started formal guitar and trumpet lessons in school. His early musical experience came playing the trumpet and...

Joe Pino

Joe Pino, trumpet and flugelhorn, started playing trumpet at the age of ten. In High School, he was selected to play in the Beverly High School Jazz Band that competed at jazz festivals put on by The International Association of...

Joe Smith

Born in Ripley, OH, the brother of trumpeter Russell Smith. He played with small groups in St. Louis, MO then went to New York City in 1920. There he joined Kaiser Marshall's band, and accompanied Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith (whose favorite...

Joe Wilder

Joe Wilder turned eighty on February 22, 2002, an occasion marked by celebrations at the Arbors Records "March of Jazz" party in Clearwater, Florida, at the "Jazz in July" series at New York's 92nd Street Y, and at two tribute concerts: at...

Joel M. Behrman

Joel Behrman started playing trumpet and trombone at age 9. He grew up in a suburb of St. Louis, a city that has a great legacy of jazz and blues music and musicians. At 18 he moved to Miami and studied with local musicians like Ira...

Joey Kendrick

Joey Kendrick is a trumpet player, as well as a composer and an arranger, living in the Kansas City area. He currently leads the Joey Kendrick Quintet.

Joey Pero

Joey is considered to be one of the pre-eminent trumpet talents of our time. His skill with classical playing is unprecedented as can be witnessed by hearing him play the Partita BMV 1006 by Bach (written for Violin). In addition to his...

Joey Sommerville

Unlike most trumpet players, the basis of Joey's musical essence lies in the Baptist church. "When I was a teenager, I would judge the caliber of my playing by the number of people in the congregation who 'got happy'. If you aren't...

Johannes Walter

Johannes Walter comes out of a musical family and started early on with education in classical music. When he was still a student, he became interested in Jazz and lived in the US for a year, where he was also very much involved with...

John Codd

Played Trad jazz in the 1950-60 period. (Trumpet with The Dave Carey Jazz Band) several recordings and broadcasts (Jazz Club with Stephan Grappely and Major Hollins, BBC World Service, live broadcast to Africa) Now retired, play Trumpet,...

John Daversa

John Daversa “gets sounds to come out of his little red trumpet like you never heard. The [John Daversa Progressive Big] Band itself ditto,” according to The Los Angeles Times. Daversa’s compositions and improvisations reflect...

John Gulezian

I am a regular performer in the Philadelphia, Longwood, Delaware, and New Jersey areas with the Glenn E. Williams Trio. Past and current performance venues include, but are not limited to, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Union League...

John Harrington jazz

A mainstay on the California music scene, John Harrington has been performing, recording, and touring professionally for the past 15 years. Starting at the age of 9, Mr. Harrington has continued his pursuit of music through a wide array of...

John M. Somers

On a cold winter night, five years ago, I had a DREAM to create a unique "hand-picked" 18 piece swing orchestra from within the New York City/New Jersey area. My DREAM selected all the musicians based on personality, love of the music and...

John Marshall

John Marshall was born in Wantagh, NY in 1952. From 1971 to 1991, he worked and recorded with a long list of jazz greats. Buddy Rich, Mel Lewis, Lionel Hampton, Gerry Mulligan, Ornette Coleman, George Coleman, Buck Clayton, Mario Bauza and...

John McNeil

John McNeil is regarded as one of the most original and creative jazz artists in the world today. For nearly three decades John has toured with his own groups and has received widespread acclaim as both a player and composer. His highly...

John O Forseen

Born and raised in Minnesota.Went to school at the U of Minnesota,my teachers were Steven Chenette and Charles Shlueter I graduated and went directly into the Army,where I studyed with Chuck Geyer ,Mel Broiles and Carman...

John Pittman

Featured on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's mini series "One to Watch", Toronto-based trumpeter/composer/educator John Pittman is a rising talent on the Canadian music scene. Pittman is the winner of several arts grants from the...

John Raymond

John Raymond--New-York based trumpeter, composer, horn arranger, and educator--is an up-and-coming artist that is well on his way to becoming a major force in the music industry. A finalist in the 2009 National Trumpet Competition, John...

John Reynolds

Like many musicians before him, John was born into a musical family. Both his mother and father are accomplished pianists. John’s musical journey began on piano at age 5. He fell in love with the trumpet at at 10 and later learned to...

John Swana

John Swana is one of the most exciting trumpeters to arrive for a decade," declares Mark Gardner, co-author of Blackwell's Guide to Recorded Jazz. Born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, Swana took up Trumpet at the...

John Worley

JOHN L. WORLEY JR. is a musician, composer, owner of Dancing Sumo Records and jazz educator and has been a member in many of the Bay Area’s creative music ensembles. Being adept at a multitude of styles, John has played with many...

Johnny Coles

Johnny Coles never became a star name, but his associations with a half-dozen of the leading jazz figures of the post-war era are significant enough testament to his musical ability. Whether through circumstances or lack of inclination,...

Johnny Dunn

Johnny Dunn - trumpet Recognized as a jazz pioneer both as a trumpeter and bandleader, Johnny Dunn was considered ahead of his time and the top trumpeter in New York in the days before Louis Armstrong. Johnny Dun was born in Memphis...

Johnny Holliday

Master musician and performer Johnny Holliday serenades audiences with his unique renditions of popular songs and original music providing an amazing show that is tailored to any event. With Smooth, Latin & Contemporary Jazz as well as...

Johnny Souza

Based in the Boston area, Johnny Souza's repetoire consists of popular jazz standards and original jazz compositions. "Souza's forte lies in his prodigious instrumental solos, either on trumpet or flugelhorn he employs smooth, legato...

Johnny Summers

“Not exactly an underachiever, Summers wrote 46 new-old songs for the album before choosing the ones that sounded most like him. He’s now working on something completely different, a groove-oriented album written specifically to...

Jon C. McGahan

After Studies at Illinois Wesleyan University and Roosevelt University. Mr. McGahan found himself the chief arranger for both the Deja Vu Big Band and the Ron Smolen Orchestra. Since 1986, Jon has been actively composing, arranging and...

Jon Crowley

Forward-thinking trumpeter and composer, Jon Crowley was born in Malvern PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, in 1982. He began studying the trumpet at age six with Elin Frazier, a student of Carmine Caruso. While in high school he...

Jon Faddis

Born in Oakland, CA, on July 24, 1953, Jon Faddis began playing trumpet at age eight, inspired by an appearance of Louis Armstrong on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Three years later, his trumpet teacher Bill Catalano, an alumnus of the Stan...

Jon Hassell

Composer/trumpeter Jon Hassell is the visionary creator of a style of music he describes as Fourth World, a mysterious, unique hybrid of music both ancient and digital, composed and improvised, Eastern and Western. In the last two decades,...

Jon Kratzer

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Jon McGahan-Stardust Big Band

One of the most popular big bands in Chicago during the 1980's and 90's was the Deja Vu Big Band. Now, several veterans of that group have come together once again to form the Stardust Big Band. Led by veteran multi-instrumentalist and...

Jon Menges

****!!!FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!!!!**** The Jon Menges Group It is time for New York to embrace the talented young trumpeter, composer, and arranger, Jon Menges. He delighted audiences in Chicago for many years and is now based in New York...

Jon Pemberton

Jon Pemberton is a Minneapolis/St. Paul based jazz musician, enjoying an active career as trumpeter, pianist, teacher and composer. Jon was born in the small town of Fergus Falls, Minnesota where his interest in music was evident at an...

Jon Tutcher

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Jon-Erik Kellso

Trumpeter Jon-Erik Kellso started playing professionally in and around Detroit, Michigan where he was born in 1964. Jon began early, playing in a big band at age 11, in the International Youth Symphony at age 13, and in a concert...

Jon-Paul Frappier

Jon-Paul Frappier has worked with top names like Aretha Franklin, Destiny's Child, Michael Stewart and Alicia Keys. J.P. is a native Detroiter and is now calling Nashville home. Jon-Paul is a versatile jazz and commercial player, as well...

Jonah Jones

A talented and flashy trumpeter, Jonah Jones hit upon a formula in 1955 that made him a major attraction for a decade; playing concise versions of melodic swing standards and show tunes muted with a quartet. But although the non-jazz...

Jonathan Eno

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Jonathan Powell

Recently voted "Best Latin Jazz Trumpet Player of 2009" (Latin Jazz Corner), young lion Jonathan Powell can not so easily be defined. Sharing the stage and recording studio with such world renown musicians and artists like JT Taylor (Kool...

Jonathan Saraga

At 24 years of age, Jonathan Saraga has already been recognized as one of the best young jazz trumpet players in the United States, and the world. Having won the 2007 International Trumpet Guild Jazz Improvisation Competition, and...

Jonathan Waller

Joller studied jazz at middlesex university and chichester college, UK. During, and since that time he has been a prolific composer and producer of contemporary music. His debut EP "Loose Cannon" is a collection of compositions written...

Joseph Moffett

Joe Moffett is a trumpeter/improviser based in Brooklyn. He has been playing the Northeast circuit for years, leading his own groups and also performing with musicians such as Joe Morris, Kenny Wollesen, Tony Malaby, Ras Moshe, Luther...

Josh Deutsch

Trumpeter/Composer Josh Deutsch has established himself as a versatile and unique voice in New York’s music scene. Equally comfortable as a leader and sideman, Deutsch has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Canada and...

Josh Evans

Josh Evans, born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut, started playing the trumpet when he was ten. His musical career was to be shaped by meeting and being mentored by the great Jackie McLean beginning at age 13. Performances with the...

Josh Lawrence

Josh Lawrence is an internationally acclaimed trumpeter living in Philadelphia where he is on faculty at the University of the Arts School of Music. He is prominent jazz artist with two records to his name, leads his own NEW Quartet...

Josh McDonald

A sense of wonder has always been trumpeter Josh McDonald's guide. He is currently located in Boston, as a Presidential Fellow at Boston University. However, he also has three Bachelors of Arts degrees in Philosophy, Psychology, and...

Josh Mizruchi

Josh Mizruchi is a 20-year-old trumpet player who possesses the rare combination of a very strong technical command of the instrument with heart and creativity. Because of these strengths, he is able to adapt to a vast variety of musical...

Josh Rzepka

Twenty-seven year old rising trumpeter and composer Josh Rzepka has been described as “a musician who doesn’t believe in limits” by the Tribune Chronicle, and as being “gifted” by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He has been...

Joshua Trinidad

Joshua Trinidad (trumpet, flugelhorn, piano, electronics) was born on January 10th, 1983, in Loveland, Colorado. Trinidad’s formal music training began at age nine, when his mother and father enrolled him in trumpet lessons at a local...

Josiel Perez Hernandez

Born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba on October 9, 1986, Josiel comes from an extensive musical family, beginning with his grandfather who is a refined flautist to his uncle Andres Perez who is considered one of the best baritone saxophonists in...

Julia Thomas

I have been a musician for over 30 yrs first on piano then the last 30 yrs I've devoted my self to the trumpet. I have a group called JazzMinds. It's a straight ahead Jazz group with 5 members and we play for any event you might have. From...

Karl Charity

Trumpeter and vocalist Karl Charity, began his music career performing in musicals across the West End, Karl Charity has since supported a number of leading Jazz events including Roux at Parliament Square, Stompin On the Quomps and a...

Karl Olandersson

Karl Olandersson is a jazz trumpet player from Sweden. Born in 1978. Started playing the trumpet at a very early age. Educated in Stockholm at "The Royal College Of Music" 1997-2001. He is now one of Swedens top trumpet players. His first...

Kasumi Uraguchi

Kasumi Uraguchi was born on November 26th, 1986 and brought up in Kumamoto City, Japan. Kasumi’s musical journey began when she began playing the piano at the age of four. She started playing the trumpet in her early teens as a member of...

Keith Fiala

Currently on tour with Maynard Ferguson and his Big Bop Noveau Band

Keith Hedger

Keith Hedger began his professional career in Florida in the early 1970's. After spending several years playing a variety of musical styles around the Southeast, he moved to Boston in 1980. There, over the next decade, he played and...

Keith Moyer

St. Louis based trumpet player, composer, arranger, and teacher.

Keith Stout

In the early 1980's, Keith Stout and his associates began to envision a big band dedicated to the expression of American Jazz, Gospel and Christian Contemporary music. They also wanted to educate the public about where jazz music came...

Kelly Rossum

Kelly Rossum is an American (USA) jazz trumpet player and composer. He has released four albums as a leader and has appeared on over 40 recordings as a sideman.

Ken Edwards

Ken Edwards, trumpet and flugelhorn player, has been an active freelance musician in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for the past 10 years. Ken was a featured soloist while on tour with the legendary jazz trumpeter, Maynard Ferguson, and played...

Ken Gregory

Ken began playing trumpet in 1959, and played in the Northside Highlander Concert band from 1960-1963. After completing four years of private training, he played 1st chair trumpet in his high school concert band from 1963-1968. Immediately...

Ken Watters

Lately, trumpeter Ken Watters is moving in a different direction than anyone (even Ken) expected... His newest project is called RIYEL (pronounced ree- YELL / meaning "alleyway," or "backstreet" in Haitian Kreyol) & features, among others,...

Kenn Ash

A recent player but a lifetime fan. I jam at The Vermont Jazz Center in Brattleboro, VT and play with local community bands to keep my chops flowing. I'm ready for the Jazz World so listen out for me - I'm coming! I've played "Funky...

Kennan Goodman

Every time he plays a note, you have to take notice of the wonderful sound created from his horn and his soul. Kennan Goodman is everything one could hope for in a legendary trumpeter: patience, thoughtfulness, love, passion, vitality,...

Kenneth M. Ash

I picked up the horn for real on 1/1/00 and never looked back. I've had complications due to age and physicality along the way but, with from 5 to 12 (sometimes more) hours of woodshedding daily, I've come a long way in a short time. I've...

Kenny Baker

Kenny Baker was born in Withernsea, Yorkshire in 1921. Both his parents were musical and he credited his mother with giving him a thorough musical grounding in theory and harmony at a very early age. This stood him in good stead when he...

Kenny Dorham

Overshadowed for most of his career by the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, and Lee Morgan, Kenny Dorham's abilities as a composer and unique voice as an advanced bop trumpet player are underrated to...

Kenny Rittenhouse

Trumpeter Kenny Rittenhouse has led his own jazz quartet for the past 14 years. The group has performed in and around the Washington, DC area. Kenny has performed with jazz artists drummer Ralph Peterson; saxophonists Don Braden, Buck...

Kenny Wheeler

Although resident in England since 1952 and often thought to be an English musician, Kenny Wheeler was born in Canada in 1930. He began playing in his hometown of St. Catherines, encouraged by his father, a trombonist. His formal...

Kermit Ruffins

New Orleans is the only place on the planet that could have produced native son Kermit Ruffins. Whether he's blowing trumpet on a Louis Armstrong classic or one of his own hot numbers, Ruffins embraces the tune with the true spirit of...

Kevin Blancq

KEVIN BLANCQ Trumpeter/Educator A native of New Orleans, Kevin Blancq was born in 1964 and began musical studies with piano at age 9, trumpet at 10, and drums at 13. At the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA), Kevin studied...

Kevin G. Davy

Kevin Davy (Trumpeter / Bandleader) Composer, Arranger Instruments: Trumpet, Flugel Horn, Keyboards, Percussion, Voice Biography: London-based, jazz improviser, band-leader, composer and trumpeter. Davy tends towards the...

Kevin Hackler

BIO ...... Twenty seven year old trumpeter Kevin Hackler began playing music in his native Virgina at eight years old, starting on guitar and drums. He first picked up the trumpet to join the school band in fifth grade. After relocating...

Kevin Hendrick

I am Kevin Hendrick - a Musician, Producer, Composer and Sound Engineer residing in the Albany, New York area. In addition to performing the role of a musician, music arranger, music producer, music composer and sound engineer, I also...

Kevin Louis

Kevin Louis, a native New Orleanian, is known for his beautiful tone, swinging feel, and soulful improvisations. He has toured at least thirty countries as a performer, clinician and private instructor. This includes five tours through...

Kevin Seeley

I currently play lead trumpet and lead the Emerald City Jazz Orchestra in Seattle, as well as plying lead trumpet with several other Northwest based horn bands. I have been involved in the Seattle Music scene since 1990 playing full time...

Kevin Woods

Trumpeter Kevin Woods began his musical interests at an early age. His father, who played trumpet in a local big band, gave Woods a cornet at age five and introduced him to the music of such jazz greats as Louis Armstrong, Harry James and...

Keyon Harrold

Influences considering that i have been influenced by great ones ill start with a few of my heroes a greatest influences, COMMON, Clifford brown, The Harrold Family, miles davis, Busta Rhymes, freddie hubbard, DR.DRE, fats navarro, booker...

Khalil Shaheed

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Kid Thomas

Kid Thomas Valentine - trumpet Kid Thomas is still revered today in Algiers Louisiana. Jazz musicians of the 1920s referred to Algiers as “over da river” or the “Brooklyn of the South,” the latter for its proximity to New Orleans...

Kiku Collins

"Ms. Collins plays trumpet and flugelhorn like a twenty-first century Miles Davis" Derek Ansell - Jazz Journal International

"...one of the best out there on the current trumpet community. Your section playing, tone, control, and...

Kim Pensyl

Kim Pensyl is a prolific jazz recording artist, composer and arranger who has twice been named one of Billboard’s Top-20 Contemporary Jazz Artists of the Year. A pianist and trumpeter, he has had four Top-10 albums on...

Kirk Knuffke

A native of Colorado trumpeter Kirk Knuffke made the move to NYC in 2005. Kirk currently works with The Matt Wilson Quartet, Butch Morris, Ideal Bread, Josh Roseman, Ideal Bread, Andrew D'angelo and Kenny Wollesen. Performance venues...

Kiwzo Fumero

He is the lead trumpet player for Willy Chirino and also is the trumpet player for the cuban bassist Israel Lopez CACHAO.

Also he has worked with Celia Cruz, Paquito D' Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, John Fadis, Juan Gabriel, Gilberto ST'...

Kris McKenzie

Kris McKenzie has been actively involved in music as a performer, arranger, or composer since the age of eight. Born and educated in Indiana, she has written music for the concert stage, independent film, theatre, and local television...

Kris Tiner

KRIS TINER (b. 1977) is active on the West Coast as a trumpet player, composer, and improviser. His music has been described as "extraordinarily inventive" by Signal to Noise magazine, Cadence Magazine calls him "a really compelling...

Kurt Thomson

Kurt Thompson started playing trumpet officially in 5th grade. However, by the end of 6th grade, he was last chair and the worst trumpet player in the band. Kurt enjoyed school sports more at that time. During the summer between 6th and...

Larry Karagheusian

After putting the horn down for many years, a come back jazz trumpet player from San Diego.

Larry Sonn

Larry Sonn, at 91, is alive and well in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico. He was born in Woodmere on Long Island near New York City on January 17, 1919. Trumpet player, arranger, composer, and internationally known band leader, Larry was...

Laura Kahle

Born Jan 20 1979 in Michigan, USA and moved to Australia as a baby where I lived until 2004.
Currently living in Brooklyn, NY, I recently worked with the Danish Radio Big Band in Copenhagen, arranging the music of Jeff "Tain" Watts...

Lee Morgan

Morgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader, mainly for the Blue Note label, eventually he recorded twenty-five albums...

LeLoiL

Dipl�'mé du CNR de Caen en 1997, a joué notamment avec Emmanuel Bex, Peter King, Alain Jean- Marie, Stefano Di Battista, Serge Lazarevitch ou encore Eric Barret, Sophie Alour, Pierrick Pedron, Denis Leloup, Gilles Naturel, Karl...

Leon Jordan Jr.

Trumpeter / Composer Leon Jordan Jr. is one of the most expressive and extraordinarily talented young musicians in jazz. As a native of Philadelphia, he developed a foundation early on that is deeply rooted in the jazz tradition. When...

Leon Prima

Leon the older brother of Louis Prima was also a trumpeter & band leader. He played early in his life with Leon Roppolo, Ray Bauduc, Jack Teagarden, and Peck Kelley (1925-27). He co-led the Melody Masters with Sharkey Bonano in the late...

Leron Thomas

Leron Thomas’ musical journey began in his hometown of Houston Texas, always inspired by family rich with respect and understanding of quality music. After graduating from Houston’s distinguished High School for the Performing...

Leroy Jones

Leroy Jones - trumpet Born in New Orleans on February 20th, 1958, Leroy began studying the trumpet at age 10, in school band. By the time he was 13 years old, he was already playing gigs and leading Danny Barker's...

Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie was one of the most adventurous and proficient manipulators of the trumpet, having made use of everything from strict melodic lines to abstracted explosions of sound. He became a member of the newly- established...

Lew Soloff

Lew Soloff was born in New York City on January 20th, 1944, was raised in Lakewood, New Jersey. He took up the trumpet when he was ten and was fortunate to have been exposed to recordings of Louis Armstrong and Roy Eldridge from an early...

Lewis Barnes

I'm most directly influenced on my instrument by Miles Davis, Kenny Dorham, Booker Little, and Thad Jones. I create music with bassist William Parker's critically acclaimed quartet (which includes Rob Brown on saxophone and Hamid Drake on...

Lexijovic "Joby" Tijerina

Born in San Antonio, Tx, spent most of childhood surrounded by family and friends. Around the age of 9, started attending a local southern-gospel church and was exposed to great musicians in the church band, and that was the beginning of...

Liam Sillery

American trumpeter and composer Liam Sillery was introduced to music at an early age by his uncle, also a trumpet player. Liam considers himself fortunate to have been surrounded through the years by fine teachers and musicians. Most...

Lina Allemano

LINA ALLEMANO is a Toronto based jazz trumpeter, improviser and composer with an established and active career performing, recording and touring internationally. Her trumpet playing, compositions, and artistic vision have...

Linley Hamilton

After joining the Irish Youth Jazz Orchestra in 1989, Linley cemented his contacts with the Dublin scene and a firm alliance with great friend Dermod Harland. He joined the Dermod Harland Quintet and as well as playing all the Irish jazz...

Louie Padroni

I played in the ComBatCruLant band USN 1956 - 57 Played with Stan Kenton & Prez Parado - Grad. from Westlake Conservatory School of Music 1961, giged in Las Vegas (combos)Taught music at Taft High and Taft J.C. at Taft Calif. 1968 - 82

Louis Armstrong

By virtue of the role he played in its evolution during the first quarter of the 20th century, Louis Armstrong is regarded as the most influential jazz musician in history. This distinction is coupled with his stewardship of jazz around...

Louis Guarino Jr.

I am a trumpet player/composer from the greater New Haven, Conn. area. I was strongly attracted to the sound of the trumpet at an early age and began trumpet lessons at the age of 16. I was first influenced by traditional jazz players...

Louis Smith

Louis Smith is a talented, but under recorded, straight-ahead bop trumpeter who led two dates in the '50s before retiring to teach at the University of Michigan and the nearby Ann Arbor Public...

Lu Watters

Lu Watters - trumpet, bandleader The great New Orleans Revival, which influenced the development of traditional jazz through the 1940s in the U.S. and abroad, was launched by trumpeter Lu Watters and his young Yerba Buena Jazz Band....

Luca Bonvini

After twenty years of succesful career as a trombone player on the Jazz scene and other genres Luca Bonvini picked up the Soprano of the trombone family, the Slide Trumpet, and performed in his first CD on his name, ATEMPORE, with Ares...

Luis Eric Gonzalez

Born in Matanzas Cuba, Luis Eric Gonzalez started playing trumpet at the age of seven. Luis is a graduate of the “Institute of Arts” in Havana, Cuba. He has several years of formal classical training. In Cuba, he performed and recorded...

Lukas Frei

LUKAS FREI • trumpet, flügelhorn, composition Born on June 24, 1980 in Basel, Switzerland. Studies 2008 - present: Master of Advanced Studies in Music Management, Hochschule der Künste Bern 2005 - 2008: Composition (with Bert Joris,...

Luke Elderkin

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Maciej Fortuna

Maciej Fortuna Ph. D. is one of the most dynamic and versatile artist among young generation of polish jazz musicians. Getting skills in law science didn’t disturb his efficient development of music career. Maciej graduated The...

Malachi Thompson

Malachi Thompson is a composer, band leader, trumpet soloist, artist, teacher and arts activist. Born in Princeton, Kentucky on August 21, 1949, Thompson's jazz roots are on Chicago's South Side. In 1968, he joined the influential...

Manuel D. Rodriguez

A New Jazz to Awaken the Soul. www.solidfrontmusic.com

Manuel Mengis

Basic idea and concept From the onset my aim was to find create a sound, which challenges each of us and which provides a balance between control and caprice, structure and instinct. Kitsch is a part of our music just as much as brutal...

Marcin Fic

I have been playing the trumpet for 14 years. I live in Wrocław(Poland) and study on The Karol Lipinski Academy of Music in Wrocław, Jazz departament. I am a student of the master class.

Marco Tamburini

Trumpeter Mark Tamburini, composer and arranger, is an eclectic musician on the Italian scene jazz, and has accumulated also various experiences in within classic and pop music. He has recorded six discs and can boast a series of...

Marcus Belgrave

Marcus Belgrave has been an internationally recognized jazz trumpet great for forty years. Bursting into prominence as a teenaged sensation in The Ray Charles Orchestra....

Marcus Printup

Marcus Printup, who was born and raised in Conyers, Georgia, had his first musical experiences hearing the fiery gospel music his parents sang in church, and would later discover jazz as a senior in high school. While attending the...

Marcus Rabb

Marcus Rabb, a native of Baltimore, began music studies at a young age and was playing trumpet in area jazz bands by the time he entered high school. He received a full music scholarship to Howard University, where he honed his career as a...

Marcus Williams

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Marek Skwarczynski

Marek Skwarczynski - Trumpeter, composer and leader. He began to play the trumpet at the age of twelve and continued his education at the both Academies of Music in Krakow and Katowice, Poland. In 1996 he received scholarship to Berklee...

Mario Abney

Mario Abney fuses traditional and extended trumpet techniques in a most inventive way; his strikingly personal instrumental vision endows the music with an infinite array of tonal color. Recognized for his ability to create pure musical...

Mario Bauza

When Prudencio Mario Bauzá stepped off the boat from Havana onto the docks in New York, in 1930, he brought with him a sophisticated knowledge of Cuban music, and a respect and penchant for American jazz. He would be a key figure in the...

Mark Buselli

Co- leader of the Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra in Indianapolis (bwjo.org). His recordings as a leader include "Through The Eyes of a Child" 1997; "Happenstance" - Buselli/Wallarab Jazz Orchestra 1999; "Heart and Soul"...

Mark Byerly

Mark Byerly's career as a trumpet player, composer, and arranger has spanned over 20 years, with experience in a vast array of genres including Jazz, Latin, Pop, Rock,and R&B music. As a student of Western Michigan...

Mark Harvey

Mark Harvey, Lecturer in Music. Ph.D., Boston University, is a trumpeter, composer, and the music director of the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra. His original compositions can be heard on Nine Winds, Leo, Leo Lab, and Aardmuse.

He has...

Mark J. Inouye

Mark J. Inouye is one of a very select group of trumpeters equally at home in the worlds of classical and jazz music. Inouye currently performs with the San Francisco Symphony but has also held principal trumpet positions with the Houston...

Mark Lewis

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Mark Rapp

The Mark Rapp Group has played sold out shows at the Blue Note (NY), Joe's Pub, Yoshi's (San Fran) and such venues as the JVC Newport Jazz Festival, Dizzy's at Jazz Lincoln Center, JazzTime Festival (Croatia), Jazzland (Vienna), Jazz...

Mark Whitty

Fifty two years playing, recording jazz in Australia. 1956 - 1960 jazz vocals. 1960-1970 trumpet-vocals in Melbourne. 1970-1980 jazz organist in Narooma NSW. 1980-1988 Doctor Jazz and Sons. 1982 record cassette tape of "Jazz BBQ At...

Mark Zauss

Trumpet artist and band leader, Mark Zauss is endorsed by the Leblanc Corporation along with Arturo Sandoval, Maynard Ferguson, and Wallace Roney. Mark has performed with Arturo Sandoval, Branford Marsalis, James Moody, Pat Metheny, Rita...

Marlon Jordan

Marlon Jordan - trumpet Marlon Jordan, the youngest of seven children of musician-educator Edward Jordan and Edvidge Jordan, a classical pianist. "I started out playing saxophone, violin and drums," says Marlon, "but the trumpet was...

Martin Francis Smith

Martin has led and continues to lead a very rich, eclectic and varied musical life. He values his contribution to original music above all else and has been fortunate enough to be able to keep original music at the centre of his world. The...

Martin Jones

Martin Jones was born in Hull in 1955. He gained his experience with playing trumpet first in school bands, and then Hull school bands with many concerts with orchestra’s, concert bands and a Jazz Swing Band. He left those to form his...

Martin Loyato

Born: February 16, 1971 Dr. Martin Loyato composer, trumpeter, improviser, poet, conductor, and visual artist was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He completed his early studies at the Conservatory Superior of Music in Buenos Aires,...

Marvin Stamm

Throughout his distinguished career, Marvin Stamm has been praised for both the art and the craft of trumpet playing. Leonard Feather stated that Mr. Stamm is an accomplished performer whose technical skill is used as a means to...

Mathias Eick

Mathias Eick, is a Norwegian jazz musician born (26 June 1979) near the town of Eidsfoss in the county of Vestfold, Norway. His main instrument is trumpet, but he also plays double bass, vibraphone, piano and guitar. Mathias Eick has...

Matt Giella

Hailing from New York, Matt Giella is an alumni of the Hunter College music program where he studied composition, theory and performance in both the classical and jazz realms. His own group, the aptly titled, "Matt Giella Quartet" is...

Matt Holman

New York based trumpeter/composer/educator Matt Holman has performed and/or recorded with such diverse jazz and creative artists as Fred Hersch, Kurt Elling, Darcy James Argue, Jon Gordon, Kate McGarry, Matt Ulery, Bob Newhart, Los Amigos...

Matt Lavelle

Matt Lavelle (Paterson NJ 1970), began his Music career with a High School Big Band tour of the Soviet Union in 1988, and then a 5 year period of study with Hildred Humphries, a Swing era veteran that played with Count Basie, Billie...

Matt Lawson

BIOGRAPHY Matt Lawson is from the tiny but beautiful Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine. He is the son of a lobster fisherman, and grew up far away from the world of jazz and its urban sensibility. Matt gained success early in...

Matt Shulman

As a trumpeter Matt Shulman boldly pushes through boundaries and challenges our preconceptions of what the instrument should sound like. As a singer-songwriter he wraps us in a lush, dream-like world of loops and existential poetry. As a...

Matthew Jodrell

Mat Jodrell is one of the outstanding fresh new voices in Jazz today. Originally born in Perth, Western Australia, Mat is now based in New York City, completing his Masters degree at the prestigious Juilliard School. Before relocating...

Matthew Simon

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Matthias Bergmann

Trumpet and Flugelhorn Player Matthias Bergmann (born 1972 in Emden) moved to Cologne in 1997 after his studies at the Hilversum Conservatory/NL. He leads his own Quintett (CD Still Time - Jazz4ever 4789)and works in Duo Settings with...

Maurice Brown

With the mid-March release of his new album, THE CYCLE OF LOVE (Brown Records), trumpet virtuoso Maurice Brown takes another giant step forward as an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and performer. Brown’s...

Max Morden

Principal Cornet for Gramercy Brass Orchestra of New York

Chief Arranger/Composer for Gramercy Brass Orchestra of New York

Principal Trumpet for The Oratorio Society of New Jersey

Trumpeter for Chico Mendoza Latin...

Maxwell Price

Biography and Musical Related Projects and Experiences Maxwell Price Trumpeter and Composer was born in Chicago, Illinois; he started playing the trumpet at the age of 15 and began musical studies at Lyon & Healy School of Music, Chicago...

Maynard Ferguson

Walter "Maynard" Ferguson (May 4, 1928 - August 23, 2006) was a Canadian-born jazz trumpet player and bandleader. He came to prominence playing in Stan Kenton's orchestra, before forming his own band in 1957. He was noted for being able...

Melton Mustafa

Melton S. Mustafa Trumpeter, Composer/Arranger, Educator, Clinician International Recording Artist Melton has recorded and toured with the Count Basie Orchestra, Bobby Watson, Jaco Pastorius, Charles Mingus Epitaph Big band among many...

Melvin Jones

Melvin McCuin Jones possesses a stylistic philosophy, an almost hypnotic sound, and technical facility found among few trumpeters his age. He seems to shine seamlessly in almost any musical setting. Whether he's playing lead trumpet,...

Mercer Ellington

Mercer Ellington was born in Washington, D.C., the only child of Duke and Edna Ellington. He received formal music training and eventually led his own band as a trumpet player. Joining his father in Los Angeles in 1940 he began a period of...

Michael "Gooch" Gurciullo

Mike Gurciullo has been associated with big bands ever since he was a kid in Omaha, NE. All through jr. high and high school he played in the usual school programs, but also worked outside of those settings in professional big bands...

Michael Grasso

Michael Grasso is a physician and part-time trumpet player in the Baltimore-Washington area. He is a "comeback" playing, who picked up the horn after stepping away for several years. He was born and raised in northern New Jersey. Before...

Michael Hackbert

Mike Hackbert is the creative force behind Hackdaddy. Mike has been an active musician since the early 70's, when he began playing brass instruments and settled on the trumpet as a primary instrument. Mike was involved with a number of...

Michael Karr

Michael Karr is a formally trained, award winning, critically acclaimed trumpet player, skilled keyboardist, composer, arranger, lyricist, engineer and producer. He has been a professional musician for over 30 years and has been featured...

Michael L Packard

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Michael Leonhart

Born into a musical family, Michael Leonhart has developed into one of the most imaginative musicians of his time, sought throughout the music and entertainment world as a trumpet player, producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger...

Michael Maher

Mike Maher is a trumpet player, singer, composer and teacher living in Brooklyn, NY. He has experience in many styles of music, and can be expected to bring professional expertise to any musical situation. - - - - - From the age of...

Michael Mantler

Michael Mantler was born in 1943 in Vienna, Austria, where he studied trumpet and musicology at the Academy of Music and Vienna University. In 1962 he went to the USA to continue his studies at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. He...

Michael Mckenna

Michael McKenna was born on May 16, 1974 in Sioux City, Iowa. From an early age he was exposed to Jazz music by his father who enjoyed listening to Lee Morgan. Mike started playing the trumpet in elementary school, but it wasn't until...

Michael Parkinson

Michael Parkinson is Professor of Music at Ohio University. He teaches courses in jazz studies, music industry-entrepreneurship, and directs Jazz Ensemble II and the New Music Ensemble. Mike served as Director of the OU School of Music...

Michael Parykaza

20 plus years performing on trumpet and flugelhorn. Recent additions include valve trombone, percussion, lead vocals, arranging/composition, and piano. Genres include mainstream jazz, blues, funk/soul/r&b, big band (lead & solo),...

Michael Shobe

Composer and trumpeter Michael Shobe is a dynamic musician who is comfortable in almost any setting. This is most evident when he is fronting the collective known as Wu Li (Woo Lee). Formed in 2005, Wu Li has been developing a style and...

Michael Simon

Michael Simon's exposure to music started at a very young age. His father, Hadsy Simon, a guitarist and singer (who started it all), and his brothers Edward (pianist) and Marlon (drummer) kept the music environment in the house...