Results for "Trumpet"

James Gibbs III

Paul Williamson

Trumpeter, composer, educator, and researcher Dr Paul Williamson has established a reputation for producing distinctive recordings of outstanding ensemble performances. As a leader, he’s released 12 CD’s and has performed with international jazz artists at festivals and venues in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. His has performed with many jazz greats, including Carla Bley, Eddie Palmieri, Tomasz Stańko, Charlie Haden, Ralph Alessi, Kenny Werner, John Abercrombie, Hermeto Pascoal, Aaron Goldberg, Django Bates, Mike Nock, Tony Gould, Nasheet Waits, Mark Helias and Linda Oh

Glenn Robertson

Glenn Robertson was a founder member of the band Airborne and was lead vocalist for the Tony Schilder Trio, for a season, at the Sherwood or better known as Club Montreal in Manenberg. His musical influences come largely from the music of Al Jarreau, Nat King Cole, Jimmy Messina and his musical leaning is definitely toward Latin Jazz.

Nathan Breedlove

Born: June 17, 1956

Nathan Breedlove - leader of The nu Trio, is a twice Grammy-nominated® trumpeter and composer. Born a military brat in Fort Lewis, WA., his musical heritage began in Memphis, TN. At the age of ten he started classical piano lessons and harmony studies under Mrs Elmira L. Cole (also taught Booker T. of the MG’s). Began playing trumpet by age eleven and in high school he was the featured trumpet soloist with the ‘Norseman Jazz Ensemble’ from Hillcrest H.S. in Memphis. His band won the prestigious Mobile National High School Jazz Festival competition, making them the top high school jazz band in America

Laura Jurd

Laura Jurd is a trumpet player, composer and improviser from the UK. A recipient of multiple awards and a BBC New Generation Artist from 2015-2017, Laura has developed a formidable reputation as one of the most distinctive and creative composer-performers to emerge from the UK in recent years.

Performing regularly throughout the UK and Europe, she leads the 2017 Mercury-nominated band Dinosaur who have performed at North Sea, Montreal and Molde International Jazz festivals to name a few. A highly active composer, Laura's is equally at home writing for contemporary chamber groups and orchestras as she is writing for jazz ensembles and improvising musicians

Jacques Kuba Seguin

Adventurous and multi-talented, trumpeter Jacques Kuba Séguin is a composer for groups of various formats: Odd Lot, Litania Projekt, or quintet, as for Migrations, his new album to be released in 2019. Séguin's musical repertoire is by turns melodic, explosive, and accessible. As a performer, he is definitely a showman, and he is recognized as one of the most brilliant trumpeters of his generation. A winner of the 2012-13 Radio-Canada Revelations prize, Séguin is more and more present on the Quebec stage. In 2015, he was nominated for ADISQ awards in two categories: best arranger and jazz album of the year for L'élévation du point de chute and, in 2016, for Litania Projekt with the Quatuor Bozzini in the same two categories

Lesedi Ntsane

Lesedi Ntsane is a South African-born Trumpet player who was introduced to the cornet whilst at the Salvation Army Church, where he later learned to play. Lesedi was born into a musical family, with a singing Mother, a Father who had spent some time with Trumpet, and a Grandfather was the Director of one South Africa’s classic Musical unit, The Merrymaker’s Orchestra. Lesedi spent his entire High School career playing for the Springs Boys High School Brass Band, winning national Marching Band Competitions for Five consecutive years. He later enrolled at the M.C. Art Academy at the South African State Theatre and later enrolled at Tshwane University of Technology under the mentorship of Bernt Baumann, John Davies, and Kevin Davidson

Chris Rogers

CHRIS ROGERS has performed throughout Europe, Japan, South America and the United States as a featured soloist with many top artists in Jazz and Latin music. At age 19 he began a five-year association with Jazz giant Gerry Mulligan, replacing Tom Harrell as the primary trumpet soloist with the Concert Jazz Band. He's also gigged and/or recorded with luminaries such as Buddy Rich, Maria Schneider, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Frank Sinatra, Chaka Khan, Eddie Palmieri, The Mingus Big Band, Ray Barretto, Mel Torme, Mel Lewis and The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Hilton Ruiz, Lionel Hampton, Mercer Ellington, Richie Beirach, Bob Moses, Tom Harrell, Arturo O'Farrill, Eartha Kitt, Lee Konitz, and Mongo Santamaria (as both trumpeter and pianist.) Chris was born in New York City in the early sixties to a family of musicians

Mark "Doc" Shellhammer

I'm located in the Orlando area which is rich in entertainment opportunities. I'm the inventor of the RingMute dampening ring for Bb trumpet and the author of the S.P.I.T. Book (scales, patterns, inversions, triads) which is a new methodology for learning musical improvisation. I've been blessed to have played with many of the greats and still perform. I also teach trumpet and one of the hardest things is to get a student to understand that the trumpet does not have to be an instrument of acoustic destruction and there's more to trumpet than double high C. Learning to be lyrical, sensitive, and how to make the audience cry

Christopher Stevens

Born: December 2, 1982

At the age of 33, Christopher Stevens has had a lifetime’s worth of career experiences including extensive travel and working with Grammy Award winning artists such as Tye Tribbett and The Roots. Chris is a native of Camden New Jersey and a Temple University graduate who has been in the music business since his teenage years. An accomplished performer and arranger, Chris has credits on several dozen recordings, including Jazmine Sullivan’s latest album “Reality Show” and Faith Evans’ “Incomparable”. When he is not in the studio, Chris can likely be found on a stage leading his band Vertical Current or touring with the likes of Eric Roberson and John Legend. For more information visit: www.chrisstevensmusic.com