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Lynn Grissett

Lynn Grissett, born in Wilmington, N.C., is a 2003 graduate of West Brunswick High School (Shallotte, N.C.). He graduated from the University of North Carolina Greensboro in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance (jazz), and a master’s in music performance (jazz) in 2012 from North Carolina Central University, where his teachers included Branford Marsalis. Based in Durham, Grissett has worked with Ellis Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Delfeayo Marsalis, Maceo Parker, Larry Graham, Nile Rodgers, Trombone Shorty, Marcus Anderson, Max Weinberg, the late Dewey Redman, Winard Harper, Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Ledisi, Judith Hill, Cyrus Chestnut, Ocie Davis, Kobie Watkins, Terri Lynne Carrington, Liv Warfield, Andy Allo, and many more. Most recently, Grissett was a member of New Power Generation Hornz, the horn section of New Power Generation led by Prince. Among his many appearances are performances at the Montreaux Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, Essence Festival, and the Jimmy Kimmel and Arsenio Hall shows.

The Sistering

By Lenora Zenzalai Helm

Label: Zenzalai Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: River Song; A Brother Just Like You; Dying Season; The Circle; Begin Again; Origins; Combat Boots and Glass Slippers; Follow the Stream; Dreaming Arms; Tribal Download; It Had to be You; River Song Reprise.

Eve Again... Naturally

By Eve Cornelious

Label: TonEveJa Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Big City; Lonely Town; My Baby Just Cares for Me; Something; I've Got The World On A String; Up Here In the City; Teach Me Tonight; Long John Blues; So Many Stars.

Dreamroot Explores Expression And Healing Through Genre-Defying Art With Their Release 'Phases.'

May 20, 2020

DreamRoot releases Phases, an emotional and provocative exploration of healing through personal and collective creation of genre-defying music. Phases simultaneously grooves and contemplates the reality of the modern age as it draws inspiration from those icons who have walked the lines between genres, and shines with original brilliance from the collaborative creative efforts of all members ...