Results for "Trumpet"

Roland Ramanan

Born: February 4, 1966

Since his first experiences playing with legendary drummer John Stevens in 1989, Ramanan has been a continuing presence on the London improvised music scene. Constantly exploring the boundaries between composition and improvisation as well as the sound possibilities of the trumpet, he has worked with Peter Brotzmann, Eddie Prevost, Evan Parker, Simon Fell, Marcio Mattos, Alex Ward and Tony Marsh. Ramanan has been a conductor and stalwart of the London Improvisers Orchestra since its inception. His latest CD “London” on Leo records features a group inspired by the experience of playing with Brotzmann’s own Chicago tentet. This Tentet comprises some of the most exciting musicians to emerge from the UK, Madrid (and beyond) free-jazz and improvised music scene

Erik Telford

Born: February 13, 1978

Erik Telford grew up in Steinbeck country in a sleepy town called Pacific Grove, located on the central coast of California. As a teenager he was closely associated with the Monterey Jazz Festival and as a senior in high school, he became the first recipient of the Jimmy Lyons Scholarship, a full-tuition scholarship given by the Monterey Jazz Festival to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. While at Berklee, Erik studied jazz composition and trumpet with Greg Hopkins, classical composition with Dennis Leclaire and Vuk Kulenovic and orchestral conducting with George Monseur and David Callahan

Jon McGahan-Stardust Big Band

Born: July 15, 1961

One of the most popular big bands in Chicago during the 1980's and 90's was the Deja Vu Big Band. Now, several veterans of that group have come together once again to form the Stardust Big Band. Led by veteran multi-instrumentalist and arranger Jon McGahan, the Stardust Big Band is dedicated to promoting and continuing the jazz traditions as practiced by Maynard Ferguson,Neal Hefti, Bill Holman, and Quincy Jones among others. This 13-piece ensemble combines inventive writing with vibrant solos by some of Chicago's finest big band practitioners. From a night of dancing to a casual club date to concerts and shows, the Stardust Big Band can perform a myriad of styles in the jazz idiom with the swing and excitement both casual and discerning jazz audiences expect and deserve.

Indofunk Satish

Born: December 11, 1971

Satish was raised in the Boston area, where he started playing trumpet at the age of 13. He started out his career in biology, going so far as to obtain a Master's degree in molecular biology from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. However, he decided that music was where his passion lay, and moved to New York City in 1996 to pursue a musical career. After a few years in the jazz scene, he started a funk/Indian classical fusion band called Indofunk in early 2000. This band was extremely successful, but broke up in 2005 due to scheduling conflicts and musicians moving out of town. Since then, Satish has been very active in the funk & groove and improvised music scenes, branching out into electronic music, avant garde computer-assisted music, and also music production for film and TV.

Greg Kelley

Greg Kelley began studying the trumpet at age 10. He attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, where in addition to studying the Conservatory curriculum, he also immersed himself in a deep study of avant- garde and experimental music, eventually coming to the conclusion that his musical focus fell outside of the academic sphere. After his studies, Kelley moved back to his native Massachusetts, quickly insinuated himself into the local avant-garde circles and soon commenced a period of intense travel and collaboration, bringing him across the United States, throughout Europe, Japan and South America. He has appeared on over 60 albums and despite a more limited travel schedule, he still manages to play in a number of groups including Nmperign (as abstract improvisatory duo and as horn section for ex-Galaxie 500-ers Damon & Naomi), Heathen Shame, the undr quartet and the BSC, among others. Other collaborators have included Jandek, Keiji Haino, Donald Miller (Borbetomagus), Anthony Braxton, Kevin Drumm, Christian Wolff, Pauline Oliveros, Joe McPhee and Lionel Marchetti

Steve Chadwick

Born: July 11, 1976

Freelance trumpeter based in Kleve NRW, Germany. Playing jazz (small groups and big bands), shows and theatre, recording sessions, composing, arranging and recording.

Bob Keller

Born: June 12, 1944

I am a professor at Harvey Mudd College, who also teaches jazz improvisation. I perform occasionally, on trumpet or piano. Since 2005, I have managed the Impro-Visor project, which provides software to help musicians learn to improvise or improve their improvisation skills, by writing out solos over chord progressions. The software helps by color-coding notes, providing a database of licks to which one can add, and by generating new melodies on the fly.

Kasumi Uraguchi

Kasumi Uraguchi was born on November 26th, 1986 and brought up in Kumamoto City, Japan. Kasumi’s musical journey began when she began playing the piano at the age of four. She started playing the trumpet in her early teens as a member of her school’s brass band and after graduating her junior high school, she entered Luther music high school where she focused in classical performance on trumpet. While studying classical trumpet performance, she began studying different aspects of music such as advanced harmony and ear training. Soon afterwards, Kasumi became interested in management, and when she became the president of her brass band in the third year of her high school, she successfully introduced new practice habits and group enthusiasm/trust that greatly improved the ensembles performance

Edward Nuccilli

Ed Nuccilli,legendary jazz trumpeter, arranger, composer and bandleader has been a mainstay on the Detroit music scene for 40+ years. Ed developed the Plural Circle 17 piece orchestra in the early 1980's and continues to perform today. All orchestrations that the band performs are uniquely arranged by Ed Nuccilli, including several original compositions. THe style of Ed Nuccilli's writing was influenced by Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and Dizzy Gillespie.

James Symington

Born: January 4, 1992

I have been playing the trumpet now for more than 10 years