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Chris Aschman

Born: February 1, 1986

Trumpeter/steelpan musician Chris Aschman enjoys a multi-faceted career as a performer, educator, studio musician, and arranger. Currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he brings a special versatility to the many ensembles he performs with. 

A Baltimore native, Chris segued to Philadelphia to study jazz trumpet at the University of the Arts with John Swana and George Rabbai in 2004. Since this time he has enjoyed a diverse career, having shared the stage with Paquito D’Rivera, Stanley Clarke, Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Bakithi Kumalo, Chaka Khan, Kool and the Gang, Andy Narell, Guster, Father John Misty, The O’Jays, The Boxtops, G Love and Special Sauce, Lotus, Dopapod, Tauk, and many others. He has performed at venues such as Philadelphia's Verizon Hall, The National Cathedral in Washington DC, the Queens Park Savannah in Port of Spain Trinidad, Iridium (NYC), Smalls (NYC), The Jazz Standard (NYC), The Herbst Theatre (SF), August Hall (SF), The Independent (SF), The Black Cat (SF), Yoshi's Oakland, and more. 

Volcanic

By Chris Aschman

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: Select Your Racer; Neon Dream; Triangles; Sirens; Mairi’s Wedding; Swamp Think; Undercover.

Helen Sung, Le Boeuf Brothers, The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Carolyn Lee Jones and more

by Benjamin Boddie
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Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Helen Sung Big Band, Le Boeuf Brothers, The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Carolyn Lee Jones, Reid Hoyson Project, Tristan Cappel, Lou Marini And The Italian Groovers, Anthony Caceres, Fuller Sound, Tumbao Bravo With Paul Vornhagen, Billy Childs, Ted Chubb, Chris Aschman, Gergana Velinova, New Jazz Underground, Erica Von Kleist, Emmet ...

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by Marek J. Śmietański
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The 126th episode presents a wide selection of April releases, offering a rich and stylistically diverse snapshot of contemporary creative music. Compared to the previous month, the program expands further in terms of genre range and aesthetic approaches, moving fluidly between spacious Nordic-inspired soundscapes, experimental and electronic--inflected improvisation, and more tradition-rooted American jazz idioms. The selection ...

Richard Baratta, Emmet Cohen, Paul Hecht, Eve Cornelious and more

by Benjamin Boddie
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Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Richard Baratta, Emmet Cohen, Paul Hecht, Eve Cornelious, Chuck Bergeron, John Pachnos, Jan Harbeck Quartet, The Sistering, Faye Carol, Virginia MacDonald, Rich Willey, Tumbao Bravo With Paul Vornhagan, Barry Greene, Marcus Goldhaber, Lakecia Benjamin, JabFung, Hendrik Meurkens, Audrey Ochoa, David Janeway, Klaus Wienerroither, Jacques Lesure, John Sweenie, Ted Chubb, Dawn ...

Chris Aschman: Volcanic

by Jack Bowers
May 10, 2026

Although multi-instrumentalist Chris Aschman's third recording may be a shade less than Volcanic, it does deliver some heavy punches marshaled from its roots in the funk/rock/fusion format. Aschman, who plays trumpet and steel pans, is clearly on board with that, as he wrote all save one of the album's seven numbers and arranged every one.

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by Benjamin Boddie
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Today's Music--Right Now! Fantastic music by Blue Moods, Bobby Broom, Billy Childs, Catherine Russell, Erica Von Kleist, Mike Clement, Nat Reeves, Judith Owens, Taylor Roberts, Bobby Matos Heritage Ensemble, Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Joe Syrian Motor City Jazz Octet, Juan Carlos Quintero, Rebecca Rafla, Joe Gransden, Chick Corea, Audrey Ochoa, Andrea Miller, Steve Wilson, Ben Markley ...

Joe Henderson, Tia Fuller, Jack Wood, Dave Stryker & Lionel Cole

by Joe Dimino
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Turn it up--Episode 955 of Neon Jazz is bursting with flavor and fire. We kick things off with the great Lionel Cole--born into jazz royalty yet carving a bold, unmistakably personal path through the music. From there, we step into another powerful lineage with Tia Fuller, Shamie Royston, and the dynamic sound of Fuller Sound. Then ...

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by Benjamin Boddie
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by Benjamin Boddie
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