Results for "Trumpet"

Senova Ulker

Şenova Ülker started his education in trumpet at the Ankara State Conservatory in 1969 and completed it upon his graduation with honors from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in 1979. The same year, he auditioned for the Istanbul State Symphony and started to work as the first trumpetist. He currently holds the duty as the principal trumpetist. Ülker taught for 15 years at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Conservatory and Istanbul University State Conservatory. He has also trianed many students through private lessons. Besides his western classical career, Şenova Ülker also a performer of jazz

Andrew Hoglund

Born in Portland, Oregon, Andrew started playing piano at the age of five. At the age of 12 his musical talents were recognized by the leadership at his church and he was encouraged to play trumpet in the church band. After many musical recognitions and an opportunity to perform with Mercer Ellington in high school he went on to attend the University of Oregon to study Trumpet Performance with an emphasis in Jazz Studies . He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in 2001 and was awarded outstanding Jazz Soloist at the Reno Jazz Festival during his time there. After graduating, Andrew embarked on his career as a freelance musician and composer

Karl Charity

Trumpeter and vocalist Karl Charity, began his music career performing in musicals across the West End, Karl Charity has since supported a number of leading Jazz events including Roux at Parliament Square, Stompin On the Quomps and a sell-out performance at the Colour House Theatre. Alumnus of the Royal College of Music, Karl has been playing the trumpet for over twenty years and has now taken to singing. A fresh, new voice, Karl performs some much-loved songs of jazz greats, from the dulcet tones of Chet Baker to the funky jazz sounds of Cole Porter. Supported by his extremely talented band, including John Bailey (piano), Mark Allis (drums) and Shura Greenberg (bass), Karl Charity combines heartfelt, traditional jazz with creative zest to produce a thoroughly unique sound. With a seriously mellow voice and slick trumpet style, Karl Charity is entertaining, energizing, exciting.

Kevin Louis

Kevin Louis, a native New Orleanian, is known for his beautiful tone, swinging feel, and soulful improvisations. He has toured at least thirty countries as a performer, clinician and private instructor. This includes five tours through regions such as Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America as a U.S. Department of State/ John F. Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador. Like any humble artist, he is quick to note those educators who’ve guided him to this point, and the list is impressive, including such jazz education luminaries as Clyde Kerr Jr., Kenneth Davis, Donald Walden, Stacy Cole, Wendell Logan, Gregory Bandy, Neal Creque, Sir Roland Hanna and Michael Phillip Mossman. Mr

Rob Alley

Rob is not only one of the most in-demand trumpeters in the southeastern US, he is also an award-winning composer/arranger, an educator, and over- all, one of the most diverse musicians in the region. Since moving to Alabama in 2000 Rob has performed regularly with a multitude of professional ensembles. From symphony orchestras and brass quintets to big bands and a multitude of small-group jazz ensembles, Broadway musicals, a surf-rock band, rock, r&b, soul, and funk groups, as well as continuing to spearhead his own ensembles of differing sizes and instrumentation to perform his own compositions

Joel M. Behrman

Born: May 22, 1975

Joel Behrman started playing trumpet and trombone at age 9. He grew up in a suburb of St. Louis, a city that has a great legacy of jazz and blues music and musicians. At 18 he moved to Miami and studied with local musicians like Ira Sullivan, Barry Reis and with the talented faculty at the University of Miami. In 1996, while in the middle of his education, he began a tour with K.C. and the Sunshine Band. After five years of juggling college, a teaching assistantship and touring, Joel decided to reconnect with his jazz roots and move to San Francisco. Joel’s latest ventures include touring with drumming superstar Sheila E and also with her father and Latin jazz legend Pete Escovedo

John Harrington jazz

Born: June 23, 1970

A mainstay on the California music scene, John Harrington has been performing, recording, and touring professionally for the past 15 years. Starting at the age of 9, Mr. Harrington has continued his pursuit of music through a wide array of styles and groups. After his debut jazz album (Love's Divine), 3 years of touring in his funk, Brazilian samba band Delta Nove, and musical director at the Commonwealth Lounge; John has returned to the studio to continue refining his skills as a trumpet player, leader, and composer. John studied music at California State University Fullerton where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Music

Josiel Perez Hernandez

Born: October 9, 1986

Born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba on October 9, 1986, Josiel comes from an extensive musical family, beginning with his grandfather who is a refined flautist to his uncle Andres Perez who is considered one of the best baritone saxophonists in Cuba.

Josiel began his formal musical studies at the fresh young age of 9, in the Elementary School of Art, where he studied trumpet, piano and composition.

After graduating, Josiel continued onto the reputable and highly acclaimed “National School of Art” (ENA) in Havana Cuba for four years, and then on to the Institute of Superior Art (ISA) for four years.

David Pruyn

New Orleans native David Pruyn is a multi-talented musician who, in addition to playing trumpet and drums, has a Mel Torme-like singing voice. David first played drums in public at age 11 while his family was traveling with a small Shrine circus. His father was the music director and trumpet player, and his mother was playing organ. The day before they were scheduled to open a show in Wisconsin, the Chicago drummer who had been hired for the gig had to cancel and neither he nor David’s dad could find a sub. Dave had been watching, and had even taken a few lessons from, several pick-up drummers who had played with his folks during previous shows

Gabriel Johnson

Gabriel Johnson was born in Santa Clara, California in 1980 and grew up in Salinas, California. Early on, his greatest musical influence was his grandmother who always preached to him the importance of the arts and, most importantly, jazz. “She was the one who told me I really needed to go hear Dizzy play in 1989 at the Monterey Jazz Festival. It was there that I heard not only Dizzy but another of the all time greats, Freddie Hubbard. That was about all it took for me to say, ‘this is what I want to do.’” After practicing obsessively throughout middle and high school, Gabriel attended Boston’s prestigious New England Conservatory of Music