Results for "Trumpet"

Paul Tynan

Born: February 7, 1975

The International Trumpet Guild has stated that Downbeat award winning trumpet player and composer, Paul Tynan’s “Creative Genius Shines”.

Paul is presently an Associate Professor of music at St. Francis Xavier University where he teaches jazz trumpet, jazz history, and arranging. He also co-leads the “BiCoastal Collective”, with Grammy winning saxophonist Aaron Lington. The ensemble is dedicated to performing new jazz composition across North America. Paul has released ten recordings as a leader/co-leader on the Origin/OA2, Armored, and NohJoh labels.

Omar Kabir

Born: February 17, 1969

Last ten years main associations have been with David Murray, William Cepeda Afro-rican Jazz, Morris Goldberg's Ojoyo(safro-jazz)and Hugh Ragin's trumpet Ensemble. Has played with Cecil Taylor Orchestra, Charlie Haden's Liberation Orchestra,Jimmie Heath Big Band, Jimmie Owens Big Band, Liquid Soul, the Groove Collective, Tabou Combo,free-lance with many salsa groups on trumpet and trombone. Omar was the musical director for Cirque du Soleil for a year and a half in Germany, as well he was an original cast member of Fame:the musical.

Nate Birkey

Born: August 31, 1962

Current Nate lives in New York City and has been working with some of the area’s finest musicians. His current quintet includes pianist Jim Ridl; saxophonist Sal Giorgianni; drummer Marko Marcinko; and bassist Tony Marino. Nate recorded two albums in 2008 (Almost Home and Christmas) ��" his 7th and 8th as a leader, and has a loyal and growing fan base across the United States, Canada and Europe. As a studio musician Nate has appeared on over sixty different recordings, and has performed with among others, pianists Roger Kellaway, Gerald Clayton, Mark Soskin, Doug Carn and Steve Rudolph; saxophonists Phil Woods and Dave Liebman, drummers Bill Goodwin, Ignacio Berroa, and Mike Clark; and bassists Francoise Moutin and David Piltch

Michael Parkinson

Born: November 5, 1950

Michael Parkinson is a music educator, conductor/performer and clinician in Metro Kansas City.. He is a KHS America Education Artist as well as an XO Professional Brass Artist.  Mike is the director of the TRINITY JAZZ ENSEMBLE, an ecumenical group affilaited with Old Mission United Methodist Church, and leads JAZZ Spoken Here, a postbop sextet. He is a performer/educator for the Kansas Touring Arts program and a clinician for Nottelmann Music, Inc. Mike served as Director of the School of Music at Middle Tennessee State University where he founded the IMPROV Ensemble and taught courses in jazz studies

Maxwell Price

Born: September 18, 2000

Biography and Musical Related Projects and Experiences Maxwell Price Trumpeter and Composer was born in Chicago, Illinois; he started playing the trumpet at the age of 15 and began musical studies at Lyon & Healy School of Music, Chicago Illinois and also studied flute and bass clarinet inspired by Eric Dolphy. At the age of 18 he met drummer Richard Joiner, a civil right activist working with C.O.R.E. "Congress of Racial Equality" in which they both participated in local and national demonstrations for civil rights. This affiliation would last for seven years woodshedding, studying and playing throughout Chicago, Canada, California, and finally New York. 1967-1968 Maxwell Price and Richard Joiner started playing with the Byron Pope Jazz Ensemble; in Toronto, Canada later Maxwell Price began trumpet studies at the Royal Conservatory of Music under the direction of Mr

Mark Rapp

Born: September 3

The Mark Rapp Group has played sold out shows at the Blue Note (NY), Joe's Pub, Yoshi's (San Fran) and such venues as the JVC Newport Jazz Festival, Dizzy's at Jazz Lincoln Center, JazzTime Festival (Croatia), Jazzland (Vienna), Jazz Standard (New York) and more. Mark was named a "top emerging trumpeter" by Downbeat Magazine, featured on a Travel Channel documentary and has played with Branford Marsalis to Hootie and the Blowfish and most recently recorded with Don Braden and Gerald Clayton. His critically acclaimed debut CD Token Tales is being played around the globe. There's a new breed of young trumpeters coming down the road

Mark Lewis - Trumpet

Born: October 3, 1955

Louie Padroni

Born: June 12

I played in the ComBatCruLant band USN 1956 - 57 Played with Stan Kenton & Prez Parado - Grad. from Westlake Conservatory School of Music 1961, giged in Las Vegas (combos)Taught music at Taft High and Taft J.C. at Taft Calif. 1968 - 82

Kris Tiner

Born: December 15, 1977

Kris Tiner is a trumpet artist, composer, and educator active on the West Coast jazz and creative music scene for over 25 years. His playing has been described as “extraordinarily inventive” in Signal to Noise Magazine, “perfectly suited to the moment” in DownBeat, and the LA Weekly states that “trumpeter Kris Tiner can turn barbed wire to beauty.” Tiner’s compositions explore connections between improvisational music traditions and systemic practices, blending jazz roots with multiple streams of contemporary music. His music has been performed on five continents and his 80+ recordings have been enthusiastically reviewed in the international jazz press. He has received awards from ASCAP, the American Composers Forum, Chamber Music America, the Kennedy Center, the Kern County Music Educators Association, and the Levan Center for the Humanities. He was a Lucas Artists Fellow in composition at Montalvo Arts Center from 2012-15, where he wrote and recorded music for the solo trumpet album In the Ground and Overhead. He is a recipient of the Paul A. Shaghoian Jazz Educator Award from the California Music Educators Association, and he is a 2023 inductee into the CSUB Alumni Hall of Fame.

Kevin Seeley

Born: July 2, 1970

I currently play lead trumpet and lead the Emerald City Jazz Orchestra in Seattle, as well as plying lead trumpet with several other Northwest based horn bands. I have been involved in the Seattle Music scene since 1990 playing full time with many top local bands and in many musical styles. I currently perform with the Emerald City Jazz Orchestra, Players Club, Mirage and the Bad Ass Brass, Groovola, the Urban Horns, Andy O and occasionally HIt Explosion. I have also spent time with Molasses, the Seattle Blues Revue, Seattle Funk and Soul Revue among others. I also sub a lot with many other bands as a top call sub including Big Dog Revue, The Marvelles, Dance Factory, Mambo 9, The Tomcats, Groove Mob, Michael Crain Band, Roadside Attraction, Jet City Jazz Band, Kings of Swing, Jay Thomas Usual Suspects Big Band, Northwest Gospel Jazz Band, BCC Monday night band and the Fred Radke Orchestra. http://www.seeleymusic.com/kpsschedule.html