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Myles Ellington Twitty
Myles Ellington Twitty is a trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and arranger from Cincinnati, Ohio. To date, Myles has been fortunate to perform with some of today's most prominent Jazz luminaries like Rodney Whitaker, Jerome Jennings, Dr. Eddie Henderson, Bruce Williams, Pasquale Grasso, Frank Vignola, Winard Harper, Kurt Elling, the Roy Hargrove Big Band and others. He has also performed at some of the premier venues of the East Coast including: Birdland, The Jazz Gallery, Dizzy's Club, Carnegie Hall, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center to name a few.
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Introducing Trumpeter Myles Ellington Twitty
by Sanford Josephson
The Greenwich was a popular jazz club in the Walnut Hills section of Cincinnati for many years. It closed in 2019, but 26-year-old trumpeter Myles Ellington Twitty remembers going there several times with his father, trombonist/educator Terry Twitty. “The first time I went there with my dad, we heard the William Mennefield piano trio. When I heard them play live, I said to myself, 'I don't know what they're doing, but I want to do that.' One of ...
Continue Reading..."Twitty plays with warmth, intelligence, and lyricism. It's the sound of an artist with a big and beautiful future."
- Jonathan Eig, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Jazz critic
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
