Results for "Trumpet"

Ray Vega

A native of the South Bronx, RAY VEGA is a veteran of the bands of Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Mongo Santamaria, Mario Bauza, Luis "Perico" Ortiz, Hector LaVoe, Johnny Pacheco, Larry Harlow, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez and Louie Ramirez to name a few. Ray has performed and/or recorded with Joe Henderson, Lionel Hampton, Mel Torme, Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Israel Lopez "Cachao", The Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, The Lincoln Center Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Paul Simon, Yomo Toro, Eddie Palmieri, La Orquesta Sinfonica De Simon Bolivar, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bebo Valdez, and Celia Cruz. Ray has now established himself as one of the innovators of the New York Jazz and Latin music scenes

Chris Kase

Born: January 31, 1964

Chris Kase (b. 1964, New Brunswick, NJ) is a jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer and educator who has resided in Madrid, Spain since 1997. He has performed and/or recorded with many well known jazz artists such as: The Mingus Big Band, Adam Nussbaum, Kenny Wheeler, Bob Mintzer, The Bird of Paradise Orchestra, Steve Coleman, Chick Corea, Steve Wilson, Al Foster, Grant Stewart, Bruce Barth, Conrad Herwig, Jacob Sacks, Jamie Baum, David Berkman, Jim Rotondi, Perico Sambeat, Iñaki Salvador, Jorge Pardo and Don Braden, among others.

Presently, Chris maintains an active performance schedule throughout Spain. He is professor of jazz trumpet at Musikene, the Superior Conservatory of Music in San Sebastián.

Taylor Barnett

Born: September 19, 1980

Taylor Barnett is a Richmond, Virginia based trumpeter, teacher, and composer whose innovative work in jazz, classical, and commercial music places him on the forefront of the musical vanguard. In 2001 he was awarded First Place in the Jazz Division of the National Trumpet Competition. Taylor was a founding member of Devil’s Workshop Big Band and has has performed with the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, the Charlottesville Oratorio Society, and with artists such as Gladys Knight, The Temptations, Frankie Avalon, Steve Wilson, Ray Anderson, John D’earth, and René Marie

Giovanni Amato

ompositore di notevole spessore, ottimo arrangiatore, Giovanni Amato è un musicista dotato di uno swing eccezionale unito ad uno scorrevolissimo fraseggio boppistico. Il tocco morbido e potente, la musicalità versatile e spontanea sono le sue peculiarità. Giovanni Amato nasce a Nocera Inferiore in provincia di Salerno, dove inizia a suonare la tromba all'età di otto anni sotto la guida di suo padre, anch'egli musicista. E proprio ascoltando la sua collezione di dischi che presto si appassiona al jazz, e su questi incomincia ad improvvisare. Intorno ai sedici anni entra a far parte di una jazz band importante quella del noto musicista napoletano Antonio Golino "Elbas Jazz Group" che si esibisce nei più noti club di Napoli. Intanto continua anche lo studio della musica classica, diplomandosi nell'89 al conservatorio di Salerno con il massimo dei voti. Dal 1990 inizia per Giovanni un'intensa attività concertistica che lo introduce nei grandi circuiti Italiani ed internazionali. Numerose le collaborazioni con musicisti quali: Danilo Perez, Lee Konitz, Gary Peacoc, Steve Grossman, George Garzone, Bill Hart, Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Russo con la sua Chicago University Band, Tony Scott, Mike Goodrich, Ronnie Cuber, Diane Schuur,  Kirk Lightsey, Vincent Herring, Avishai Cohen, Kevin Mahogany, Richard Galliano, Bob Mover, Gene Jackson, Kenny Davis, Mahogany, Richard Galliano, Bob Mover, Gene Jackson, Kenny Davis, Giovanni Tommaso, Roberto Gatto, Maurizio Gianmarco, Dado Moroni, Rita Marcotulli, Danilo Rea, Antonio Faraò. Oltre che alle già citate performance jazzistiche Giovanni Amato ha lavorato anche nel contesto delle produzioni radiotelevisive e discografiche, facendo parte di band come quelle della nota trasmissione in onda su Rai Due "Acqua Calda", "Blue Night" su Rai Uno Insieme con Lino Patruno e Romano Mussolini, "Bellezze al Bagno" su Italiauno, "T.R.I.B.U." su Telemontecarlo, Radio due Sera Jazz e Radio tre Suite. Nel '97  al "Pippo Chennedy show" in onda su Rai Due, "Scirocco" in onda su Rai Due, "Furore" in onda su Rai Due

Jason Parra

Born: February 21, 1969

Jason Parra picked up the trumpet at the age of three; it was his father Julian’s. It was twelve years later that he would start playing the instrument in High School. It was a bit odd that Jason chose football, wrestling and track over the trumpet given that his mother and father met each other while playing in the Boise High School Band (trumpet and trombone) in Jason’s hometown of Boise, Idaho. He was a natural on the horn and after only two years of playing was the principal player in all state, all- northwest and accepted into the prestigious McDonalds All American Band and Jazz Band. As a senior he received a new trumpet for winning the solo competition at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

Caesar Ulsano

Born: February 8, 1976

Currently a freelance player in Japan.

Joe Smith

Born: June 28, 1902

Born in Ripley, OH, the brother of trumpeter Russell Smith. He played with small groups in St. Louis, MO then went to New York City in 1920. There he joined Kaiser Marshall's band, and accompanied Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith (whose favorite trumpet player he was) and Mamie Smith in 1922 and 1923. In 1924, he led a group backing Noble Sissie and Eubie Blake, and played off and on with Fletcher Henderson from 1925 to 1928. After playing briefly with Bennie Moten, he played intermittently with McKinney's Cotton Pickers from 1929 to 1934. In the early '30s his health started to fail and he worked infrequently, spending the last four years of his life in a Long Island, NY hospital

Matthias Bergmann

Born: March 7, 1972

Trumpet and Flugelhorn Player Matthias Bergmann (born 1972 in Emden) moved to Cologne in 1997 after his studies at the Hilversum Conservatory/NL. He leads his own Quintett (CDs "All The Light" on Float Music and "Still Time" on Jazz4ever)and works in Duo Settings with Oliver Schroer on Churchorgan and Jürgen Friedrich on Piano. He also co-leads the Paul Heller-Matthias Bergmann Quintett as well as the Marcus Bartelt-Matthias Bergmann NDW Projekt and is a well booked sideman in the bands of Andreas Schnermann, Frank Sackenheim, Florian Ross, John Hondorp and many others. He is a member of the Cologne Contemporary Jazz Orchestra and the Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass Big Band and played with Dianne Reeves, Charlie Mariano, New York Voices, Till Brönner, Lee Konitz, Peter Weniger, Wolfgang Haffner, James Morrison, Judy Niemack, Achim Kaufmann, Emil Mangelsforff, Andy Middleton, Jochen Rückert, Rolf Römer Quintett, Tomatic 7, Five, Christoph Eidens Band, Ansgar Striepens - Matthias Bergmann Quintett, J.Moods Quintett, Zabriskie Point, Oliver Leicht- Matthias Bergmann Quartett, Schickentanz 5, Soko, Pablo Held Trio, Stefan Rademacher Group, Stella, Sorry it’s Jazz, Martin Schrack Quintett, Minas Alexiadis Band, Anette von Eichel Band, Thomas Winther Andersen Line Up, Roland Gebhardt Quartett, Lena Bloch Quintett, Johannes Klose Sextett, Rue de Paris, Michael Flügel Quintett, Dejan Terzic, Jan von Klewitz, Nicolas Simion, Nils Wogram, Lilly Thornton, Milan Svoboda, Anke Helfrich, Roger Cicero, Jean Francois Prins, Heiri Kaenzig, Dan Gottshall, Thomas Cremer, Peter Weiss, Matthias Nadolny, Romy Camerun, Hayden Chisholm, Werner Neumann, John Goldsby, Hubert Nuss, Phil Maturano, Andre Nendza, Mathias Haus, Spillwark, Flowriders, NDR Big Band, WDR Big Band, HR Big Band, Rainer Tempel Big Band, Sunday Night Orchestra, Cologne Concert Big Band, Bobby Burgess Big Band Explosion, Jazzorchester Niedersachsen, Paul Kuhn Big Band, Summit Jazz Orchestra, Jam Factory Big Band, Big Band Convention, Tobias Kremer Big Band feat

Watters Brothers

Born: July 6, 1964

Trumpeter Ken Watters and trombonist Harry Watters are Summit recording artists and Conn-Selmer (Bach) Performing Artists. Being trumpet & trombone playing siblings, Ken & Harry have an onstage rapport that is electrifying to audiences. Their last three CDs for Summit Records (Brothers, Brothers II & Brothers III) climbed to the top 50 on the US jazz charts where they remained for at least six weeks each - Brothers III for 11 weeks - and are continually receiving airplay across the US, Canada, Australia, Europe & parts of the Far East. Their music has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, NPR's Jazz South program, PRI's Jazz After Hours (hosted by Jim Wilke) & has been used on a feature television documentary by The Freedom Forum (Washington, DC). Below is a sampling of artists they have performed and/or recorded with (together & individually): Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Greg Allman, Marc Anthony, Army Blues, Deniece Williams, Kelis, Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, Al Hirt, Kevin Mahogany, Erich Kunzel, James Moody, Pete Fountain, Philip Harper, Russell Malone, Chris Potter, Arturo Sandoval, Reginald Policard, Carl Fontana, Steve Coleman, Bill Watrous, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Jean Luc Guanel, Bobby "Blue" Bland, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Terry Gibbs, Mundell Lowe, Ravi Coltrane, Mingus Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi, The Vanguard Orchestra (Village Vanguard, NYC), Roger Hawkins, Fred Wesley, Roland Vazquez, Harry Connick Jr., Mike Stern, Richie Cole, Tommy Talton, Dave Valentin, Anthony Jackson, Dan Penn, David Liebman, Eartha Kitt, Rick Hall, Peter Bernstein, The Fifth Dimension, Herbie Mann, Petula Clarke, Gregory Hutchinson, Tabou Combo, The Platters, Little Milton, Marilyn McCoo, Phyllis Diller, Jimmy Hall, Clarence Carter, Russell Malone, Bonnie Bramlett, Billy Swann, Randy Brecker & many more. All of their CDs are released internationally on Summit Records & distributed by Allegro Corporation. Featured on their first CD (Brothers) are pianist Kenny Werner, bassist Scott Colley & drummer Scott Neumann. Their second CD (Brothers II) features pianist David Marlow, bassist Roy Yarbrough, drummer Jay Frederick, guitarist Tom Wolfe & pianist John Miller. Southern Exposure, the Summit Records debut CD by Ken Watters Group, features David Marlow, Roy Yarbrough, Jay Frederick & special guest saxophonist & Palmetto Recording Artist Joel Frahm. All Watters' recordings for Summit Records are produced by Southern music legend Johnny Sandlin (Allman Brothers, Widespread Panic, Cher, Marshall Tucker, Dixie Dregs, Colonel Bruce Hampton & The Aquarium Rescue Unit, etc) & all Watters CDs have spent time in the top 50 on the US jazz charts. Ken & Harry both attended The University of North Texas. Harry has been a teaching assistant at University of New Orleans (under Ellis Marsalis), and then, at 24 years old, became the youngest leader to date of the Dukes of Dixieland. Ken went on to attend Manhattan School of Music and has studied privately with Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Harold Danko, Jack Walrath, Lew Soloff, Harold Lieberman, Roland Vazquez, Dave LaLama, Rodney Jones & Kenny Wheeler.

Dave Carter

Born: November 22, 1969

Trumpeter/Composer Dave Carter splits most of his performing time between Seattle and San Francisco while residing in Emeryville, CA. Currently a member of the The Barrett Martin Group, Fontanelle http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=44043, Zony Mash + Horns, Tuatara, and Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=22355

Having performed on over 50 recordings in the past 10 years, Dave has just co-produced, written and performed on his first album as a leader titled "Commitment and Change." The album includes the piano work of John Rangel, upright bass of Luis Guerra and vibes/percussion/drum set work of Barrett Martin who also co-produced.