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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 on Ferguson's final studio album, The One and Only (MF Music). Ken has shared the stage with many well-known artists, such as Joe Lovano, Lew Soloff, and recorded alongside Wayne Bergeron, Chip McNeill and Steve Wiest. Ken has also recorded with Stockton Helbing, Brian Mulholland, the UNT One O'clock Lab Band, Dan Bruce, The Dallas Original Jazz Orchestra, The Mark Tonelli Group and Jerrod Daniel, to name a few. Originally playing tuba and trombone, Ken made the switch to trumpet in college and earned his B.M. from the University of Texas Arlington and his M.M in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas. He currently teaches at the University of Texas Arlington.

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Awards

Student Downbeat Music Awards, 1997

Gear

Courtois Evolution III Bb Trumpet, Brushed Laquer Yamaha 6310z Trumpet Yamaha 631 Flugelhorn


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Album Review

Ken Edwards: Lost in This Place

Read "Lost in This Place" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Ken Edwards is the latest in an apparently endless line of well-schooled trumpeters who have emerged from the storied University of North Texas (UNT) Jazz Studies program and set their sights on making a splash in the larger jazz community. With that in mind, Edwards has released his first CD, Lost in This Place, a (mostly) quartet date that comprises half a dozen of his original compositions (he also co-wrote “Odd Ball" with drummer Stockton Helbing) and two others ("Discipline," ...

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Primary Instrument

Trumpet

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Clinics available for: Trumpet Jazz Trumpet Jazz Improvisation Jazz Styles

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