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Nick Vayenas
NYC based Trombonist, Trumpeter, and Composer. Member of singer Michael Buble's band.
About Me
Trombonist Nick Vayenas has been a mainstay on the music scene for the past 15 years. Based in New
York City, Nick has worked in a variety of settings both as a sideman and leader. He is one of the more
versatile musicians, also doubling on trumpet and valve trombone, and is an accomplished composer
and part time recording engineer. Nick is also a sought after teacher and clinician and has given
workshops around the world on behalf of Conn/Selmer musical instruments. Originally from Boston,
Vayenas started his music studies at age 10. He earned scholarships to attend Berklee College of Music,
the Manhattan School of Music and the Thelonious Monk Institute, which were key to his technical
development as a musician and composer. Vayenas studied with such jazz luminaries as trombonists
Hal Crook, Conrad Herwig, Bill Watrous, David Taylor, Phil Wilson, and Steve Turre, as well as trumpeters
Terence Blanchard, Greg Hopkins, Laurie Frink, and Vince Penzarella.
Since 2003, Nick has been a member of the horn for section for Grammy® Award-winning recording
artist Michael Bublé. He has performed on several Michael Bublé recordings, including Crazy Love,
Nobody But Me, and the Grammy® Award- winning Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden. Nick
has also worked and recorded with prominent artists such as Lady Antebellum, Josh Groban, Bryan
Adams, David Foster, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Scott, Aaron Parks, Lionel Loueke, Patrick
Cornelius, Dayna Stephens, Jeff Ballard, and Gretchen Parlato. Television performances include the
Tonight Show, Late Show with David Letterman, Today Show, Oprah, Ellen and Saturday Night Live. He
has performed at the Umbria Jazz, Montreal Jazz, and St. Lucia Jazz Festivals, and at venues such as
Madison Square Garden, Radio City Music Hall, Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, Blue Note Jazz
Club and Ronnie Scott's.
In 2009, Vayenas became a leader in his own right, releasing his acclaimed debut album, Synesthesia, on
drummer Kendrick Scott’s World Culture Music label. A well conceived album and more than casually
ambitious, wrote Nate Chinen of the New York Times. He has since released five more well received
albums, the most recent being 'Time Remembered' in January of 2019.
Nick Vayenas is a Conn-Selmer Artist