Joshua Trinidad

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Internationally renowned trumpeter, Joshua Trinidad was born and raised in the United States (Denver, Colorado). His recorded music can be heard globally with artists such as Sage Francis, Lee Konitz, Nathaniel Ratliffe, and soundtrack music for Ken Burns's documentary, "Vietnam". Joshua also composed a soundtrack to the photography of New York photographer Chris Buck, that include iconic photos of Bjork, Robert Kennedy Jr and Harry Dean Staton. Over the past few years Joshua has performed with BadBadNotGood, The Mars Volta, Ikey Owens, Cake, Karl Denson, OK Go, The Colorado Wind Ensemble, George Clinton, The Bad Plus, Rudy Royston, Mike Brown, David Cieri and many others. While getting his formal education in music education, trumpet and music business at The University of Colorado he gained popularity through his performances with artists such as The New York Voices, Edgar Myer, One Republic, The Fray and Wheelchair Sports Camp. He has toured much of the US and the World with a number of acts.

Joshua Trinidad: In November

Read "In November" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
August 23, 2018

Settimo album a nome del trentaquattrenne trombettista di origine messicana (in realtà è nato e vive a Denver) Joshua Trinidad, inciso in Norvegia nel novembre 2015 con musicisti appunto norvegesi (che peraltro collaborano con lui da tempo). Una certa sonorità nordica, controllata, parsimoniosa, evocativa, sta in effetti alla base del disco, che tuttavia è contrassegnato da un lirismo in qualche misura più esplicito, che sembra tradire in qualche sua piega più o meno recondita le origini di Trinidad, la cui ...