Results for "Trumpet"

In Motion Quartet

Active since: 2019

Led by Seattle-based saxophonist Steve Treseler and Bellingham-based trumpeter Kevin Woods, In Motion Quartet releases their debut album The Grind, an adventurous set of original music exploring propulsive grooves and the avant-garde. With a nod to the chord-less groups of Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, and Lee Konitz, the instrumentation allows the band the freedom to stretch harmonically and melodically, while maintaining an emphasis on rhythmic interaction and improvised counterpoint. Treseler and Woods seem to communicate telepathically, with a great sense of élan, curiosity, and vitality.

Matt Perronne

Born: November 6, 2001

Matt Perronne is a trumpeter, bandleader, and composer of the New Orleans area. He began his career playing with various brass bands of the city, eventually finding his love for New Orleans composers. This led to his enrollment at Loyola University-New Orleans in 2020, graduating in 2024 with a degree in jazz studies.. While in school, Perronne found consistent work playing on the famous Steamboat Natchez six nights a week, which he continues to do. Matt Perronne is also the leader of the Blue Rose Music Group, and has recently put together a solo project of original music. He has played at New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival multiple times and is an experienced performer in the New Orleans jazz club scene.

Stuart Hawkins

Stuart Hawkins is a British jazz trumpeter and composer with a soulful, funky sound.

Born in Australia and raised in Hong Kong, Stuart began playing the trumpet at the age of nine, and his love for jazz and blues grew throughout his teenage years.

Stuart studied Modern History at the University of Oxford and performed regularly with some of the UK’s top young jazz talents. Returning to Hong Kong, he became a frequent performer at The Jazz Club and played in venues across Asia. Now based in Thailand, Stuart has collaborated with leading Thai and international jazz and pop artists.

Timotej Kotnik

Born: March 5, 1991

Hailing from the mountainous countryside of Slovenia, Timotej Kotnik weaves a tapestry of sound with his trumpet and exploratory compositions. His music can be characterized as a seamless blend of world music styles and strong influences from Miles Davis' jazz-rock fusion period. 

Beyond his unique projects, Kotnik's trumpet has echoed across stages throughout Europe and the Middle East through a variety of diverse collaborations. He has performed, toured and recorded with a wide array of prominent musicians including Victor Mendoza, Yoel Paez, Aziz Maraka, Souad Massi and Magos Herrera. He has also recorded and shared the stage with Perico Sambeat, Ivan “Melon” Lewis, Danilo Perez and Plena 79. Through every collaboration and musical tour, Kotnik has enriched his playing and composing with the influences of each musical adventure.

Naomi Moon Siegel

Born: August 18, 1984

An award-winning trombonist, improviser, composer, and educator, Naomi Moon Siegel is committed to creating a positive, transformative music culture beyond conventional genre norms. Her original musical vocabulary draws on the richness of a variety of global musical traditions and the sonorities of the natural world.

Siegel has been an innovative performer and recording artist since graduating from Oberlin Conservatory in 2006. She explores the trombone as a vehicle for sonic expression colored by breath, spit, and physicality. As a composer and bandleader, Siegel has released two albums to critical acclaim. Her third album, “Shatter The Glass Sanctuary,” produced by Siegel and Allison Miller, is slated to come out in 2024, inspired by the theme of holding paradox in our troublesome and beautiful world.

Audrey Powne

UK-based Naarm/Melbourne artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist Audrey Powne is a creative force carving out a distinctive path in the future jazz and soul world. Having honed her craft in the vibrant Melbourne music scene, Powne can now be found performing in some of the most visionary musical circles globally.

Described as "The Very Brilliant Audrey Powne," by legendary BBC Radio 6 presenter and tastemaker Gilles Peterson, Powne is known equally for her extraordinary technical skills and creative inventiveness, and for being unafraid of pushing the boundaries while simultaneously keeping musical traditions alive.

Jazz Harbingers

Active since: 2017

Based in Melbourne, The Jazz Harbingers is the premier tribute band to Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers in the country. The Jazz Harbingers draw heavily on influences from albums like Moanin', Indestructible and Free For All, seeking to capture the energy of Art Blakey's multigenerational all-star band and convey its old school sensibilities to the Melbourne scene.

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers is among the most prolific, seminal and iconic bands in jazz history. Running for a total of 35 years, the band has featured and mentored countless world-famous musicians, including Freddie Hubbard, Clifford Brown, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, and Cedar Walton.

Eli Block

Eli Block is a versatile trumpet player and educator based in Boston. He performs regularly throughout New England with groups including the BT/ALC Big Band, Dan Gabel and The Abletones, and the Henry Godfrey Jazz Orchestra. He has also performed with the legendary Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Johnny Mathis, Gunhild Carling, and the Grammy-winning 8-Bit Big Band. In November 2022, he was featured as a Visiting Artist at St. Olaf College, where he led two master classes and performed as a featured soloist with the jazz bands.

Block received his Master’s degree in Jazz Performance with academic honors from New England Conservatory in May 2020

Jeffrey Michael Smith

Jeffrey Smith has performed in each of the lower 48 States and in 13 countries: as far west as Thailand and as far east as Turkey as a trumpet player for a variety of groups including The Temptations, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Don Menza Big Band, Showboat, Jiggs Whigham, Bobby Shew, Kenny Rogers, Heart, Donna Summer, Yakima Symphony, New World Brass Quintet, Las Vegas Philharmonic, and many others. Performance credits also include showbands in Las Vegas including the Imperial Palace, Light at The Bellagio, the Flamingo, and many hours of studio recording for television, radio, and album productions.

Samuel Morgan

Born: April 22, 2007