Results for "Trumpet"

Al Stewart

Born: 1927

Ingolf Burkhardt

Born: 1963

Born in 1963 in Baden-Wurttemberg, South Germany, Ingolf Burkhardt’s first encounter with music was a local brass band where nine-year old Ingolf played the bugle. Four years later he discovered a new world when his music professor in the Junior High School Big Band taught him how to play the blues. At the age of 16 Ingolf got his first professional gig with a dance band, before he started playing with the locally famous and often awarded SBF Big Band (Stadt Bad Friedrichshall). When Ingolf was nominated to play with the official Youth Big Band of his home County Baden-Württemberg (Landesjugend Big Band Baden-Württemberg) under the leadership of the American jazz trombonist and music professor Jiggs Whigham, this resulted in several LP recordings and an extensive tour in Africa

Yazz Ahmed

Yazz Ahmed is a British-Bahraini trumpet player and composer who seeks to blur the lines between jazz, electronic sound design, bringing together the sounds of her mixed heritage. Her music has been described as ‘psychedelic Arabic jazz, intoxicating and compelling’.

In recent years she has led her various ensembles in concerts around the UK and abroad, including performances in New York, Toronto, Kuwait, Algiers, Berlin, Köln, Paris, Istanbul, Tunis and Amsterdam, and at major festivals such as WOMAD, Molde Jazz, Pori Jazz and Love Supreme.

Yazz has also recorded and performed with Radiohead, Lee Scratch Perry, Nile Rodgers, ABC, Swing Out Sister, Joan as Police Woman, Tarek Yamani, Amel Zen and toured the world with These New Puritans. She recently appeared as a guest soloist/composer with Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra.

Spooky Kool

Born: October 11

Spooky Kool Your Friend in the Spiritual Age Thank you for your interest in Spooky Kool, Your Friend in the Spiritual Age. America's fastest growing band, Spooky Kool provides each listener music that speaks to your spirit while entertaining your body, mind, and soul. With the release our 2014 Collection of new works, Spooky Kool is sure to excite and entertain gatherings of any ethnicity, age, or gender. We are so excited to offer so many of our musical family, friends, Fans, and followers new music that is sure to raise them out of their seats and dancing in the aisles. The musical compositions and conversations of Spooky Kool, are designed to elevate the spirit and promote joy and happiness

Jordan McLean

Jordan McLean -composer, arranger, bandleader, trumpeter and educator— has been active in the professional music world for the last twenty years, having performed, recorded and collaborated with a multitude of musicians, ensembles and performance organizations around the world. His career stretches from the esoteric and rarified to the mainstream and popular. He has most recently joined the famed song writer Sam Beam’s Iron And Wine and is a spokeman for The 2013 UNESCO International Jazz Day. Based in NYC, Jordan’s original compositions have been performed in New York and throughout Europe by contemporary music ensembles such as Cadillac Moon Ensemble and Till By Turning

Jamal Jones

Scott Bevins

Born: September

Arnetta Johnson

Young trumpeter on the rise, Arnetta Johnson is an aspiring musician from Camden, New Jersey. At the age of 13 Arnetta began playing trumpet under the instruction of Nasir Dickerson. While in her first year of playing she joined a group called the Little Jazz Giants led by Hassan Sabree. This group consisted of middle school students planning to pursue music as a career. During her time in the group she performed at various jazz festivals such as the Cape May Jazz Festival and the Tony Williams Jazz Festival. Doing so allowed Arnetta to gain a deeper understanding behind the discipline and importance of music

Ed Brainerd

Willie Bradley

Willie Bradley is a graduate of South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC where he earned a BS Degree in Music Education and Performance. Over the course of his career, Willie has played with jazz greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, Frank Foster, Max Roach, Betty Carter and Nat Adderley. Willie came from the funk band Big Bertha and eventually formed the Willie Bradley Trio. Bradley and two other members: Cornell Young (drums) and Ted Ash (keyboards) went on to form Essential Elements and produce a successful, upscale event the first Saturday of every month in the ballroom of the Holiday Inn Bordeaux in Fayetteville, NC. Bradley had originally met Ted years earlier when the two were part of another group called The Package Band