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Brian Swartz
Brian Swartz - Trumpeter, Vocalist, Composer, Arranger, Instructor (John Beasley's Monk'estra, Oingo Boingo Former Members, Azar Lawrence)
About Me
Brian D. Swartz
Trumpeter, Vocalist, EVI, Composer, Arranger, Instructor
Los Angeles, CA
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Trumpeter Brian Swartz is a diverse musician with a wide range of influences. He has appeared on multiple Grammy®
nominated and winning recordings with artists including The Dixie Chicks' Double Platinum Taking the Long Way which
won 5 Grammy® Awards, including Album of the Year, Record of the Year, and Song of the Year in February 2007, John
Beasley's Monk'estra which has garnered 6 Grammy® Nominations for it's 3 albums and 1 Grammy® Win for Beasley's
arrangement of Donna Lee, The Clayton/Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Scott Healy's Tentet and Kim Richmond's Concert Jazz
Orchestra. He has also performed or recorded with The Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Bublé, Kelly Clarkson, John Legend, Jennifer
Nettles, Robin Thicke, Saint Motel, Patti Labelle, Natalie Cole, Dianne Reeves, Ivan Lins, Tom Harrell, Chucho Valdés, Brad
Mehldau, Rickie Lee Jones, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, The O’Jays, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Azar Lawrence, Buddy
Montgomery, Joe Henry, Keb' Mo', Jackie Greene, Josie Cotton, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Gerry Gibbs, Connie Han, Taylor
Eigsti, Raya Yarbrough, Bob Florence, The Luckman Jazz Orchestra, Francisco Aguabella, The Los Angeles Jazz Collective,
Jose Rizo’s Jazz on the Latin Side All Stars and many more. Since 2005, Swartz has proudly held the trumpet chair in Oingo
Boingo Former Members.
Brian Swartz has released five jazz albums as a leader: There’s Only Me (Noir Records 2000), Live at the Jazz Bakery
(Summit Records 2005), Three (Summit Records 2006) and Portraiture (Summit Records 2014), To Be With You
(DistroKid 2020). As an arranger, Brian has written for his own big band, Ruthie Foster's 2021 Grammy® Nominated Live at
the Paramount, the Ron Jones Influence Orchestra and has served as staff arranger for The Luckman Jazz Orchestra, John
Beasley’s Monk’estra, Oingo Boingo Former Members and the ABC TV show, Duets. Brian's film credits include the 2012
Oscar® Winning Animated Feature Rango, Jennifer Anniston's The Break-Up, The Cooler starring William H. Macy and
Let Them All Talk with Meryl Streep. In 2021, Brian appeared with John Beasley's Quintet on the Amazon Prime TV show
'Bosch, Season 7, Episode 1.