TrumpetPlayerProfiles
Trent Austin Talented professional freelance Boston trumpet player; clinician and teacher.
Chet Baker Tribute to jazz trumpet great Chet Baker.
Danny Barber Chicago based freelance trumpet player.
Paul Baron Freelance Trumpet Player Paul Baron of Vancouver, Canada is a world class talent who has played and recorded with numerous musicians. Paul teaches private lessons as well as clinics and endorses Jupiter Trumpets. Paul plays on many studio dates as well as Broadway Musicals.
Wayne Bergeron Multi talented iconic professional trumpet player; studio musician; clinician and band leader based in Los Angeles California. Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician.
Steven Bernstein
Seneca Black
Terence Blanchard
Chris Botti Jazz trumpet artist Chris Botti. Since the release of his 2004 critically acclaimed CD When I Fall In Love, Chris Botti (pronounced boat-tee) has become the largest selling American jazz instrumental artist. His success has crossed over to audiences usually reserved for pop music and his ongoing association with PBS has led to four #1 Jazz Albums, as well as multiple Gold, Platinum & Grammy Awards.
Randy Brecker Jazz trumpet icon Randy Brecker is a much sought out jazz trumpet player based in New York City. Randy is a veteran of many big bands and jazz combos as well as fusion groups. Randy Brecker has been shaping the sound of Jazz, R&B and Rock for more than four decades. His trumpet and flugelhorn performances have graced hundreds of albums by a wide range of artists from James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Parliament-Funkadelic to Frank Sinatra, Steely Dan, David Sanborn, Jaco Pastorius, Horace Silver and Frank Zappa.
Rick Braun Jazz trumpet artist Rick Braun is a resident of Allentown, Pennsylvania and alumni of The Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Braun toured as a sideman with Rickie Lee Jones, Tina Turner, Glenn Frey, Natalie Cole, Crowded House, Tom Petty and War. Rick Braun is now one of the most talented smooth jazz artist on the scene today.
Gregory Bush
Jason Carder Talented freelance trumpet player, clinician and performer based in Tuscon, Arizona. Jason has performed with Arturo Sandoval; Maria Schneider; Paul Anka; Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman and Ray Charles and has a Masters of Performance Degree from the University of Miami
Mark Van Cleave Trumpet Player Mark Van Cleave is a world class professional trumpet player and teacher based in Bloomington, Indiana. Mark has his own line of Mark Van Cleave Trumpets and Dyna Flow Trumpet Mouthpieces.
Steve Cannon
Avishai Cohen
Kiku Collins Freelance Trumpet Player Kiku Collins is a New York session trumpet player and accomplished trumpet artist. Kiku has performed with Beyonce as well as Michael Bolton and her debut recording "Here With Me" has been given particularly impressive reviews. Kiku is a Getzen Performing Artist.
Etienne Charles
Bill Churchville Trumpet player Bill Churchville.
Barry Danielian Trumpet Player Barry Danielian of New York is a much sought out session player; clinician and composer having performed with Tower of Power and Blood, Sweat & Tears just to name two of his numerous gigs.
Jeremy Davenport
Orbert Davis Chicago area jazz trumpet player Orbert Davis.
Bryan Davis Trumpet Player Bryan Davis of New York is a much sought out freelance trumpet player having performed with The Rat Pack and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra among others.
Miles Davis Jazz trumpet great Miles Davis.
Bill Dowling
Nick Drozdoff Maynard Ferguson alumni and Chicago freelance trumpet player Nick Drozdoff.
Ken Edwards Jazz Trumpet Player Ken Edwards is a former member of the One O'Clock Jazz Ensemble at the University of North Texas and a Maynard Ferguson alumni. Ken is a trumpet clinician and teacher at the University of Texas at Arlington where he currently teaches applied trumpet, jazz history and jazz improvisation.
Jon Faddis
Maynard Ferguson Popular website and forum dedicated to the late great trumpet icon Maynard Ferguson.
Kieth Fiala Trumpet Player Kieth Fiala of Maynard Ferguson fame currently resides in Austin, Texas. Kieth is the author of Secrets To Efficient Brass Playing.
Bob Findley Los Angeles studio trumpet player Bob Findley.
Chuck Findley
Carl Fischer Jazz and Lead trumpet player Carl Fischer has performed with Maynard Ferguson and now tours with Billy Joel in addition to leading his own combo.
Mic Gillette Mic Gillette is the world-renowned trumpet and trombone player who has appeared with Cold Blood, Tower of Power, and the Sons of Champlin, Santana, The Rolling Stones, Quincy Jones, Rod Stewart, Elton John, Jefferson Starship, Huey Lewis and the News, and numerous others.
Claude Gordon All things Claude Gordon.
Joe Gransden
Gary Grant Los Angeles studio trumpet player Gary Grant attended North Texas State University before a two year tour with the famed Woody Herman Big Band, which he performed as a lead trumpet and featured soloist. Later, Gary moved to Los Angeles to become one of the most sought after musicians in the business. Almost 20 years later, he has accumulated an impressive list of recordings that include many top hits of the past three decades. Gary is also a part of the world famous "Jerry Hey" horn section.
Andy Gravish Jazz trumpet player Andy Gravish.
Augie Haas
Tim Hagans
Ernie Hammes
Taylor Haskins
Mike Herriott Trumpet Player Mike Herriott of Toronto, Canada is currently the trumpet player for the Toronto (Canadian) production of Jersey Boys. Mike is also a founding member of Men In Brass, a brass duo with symphony orchestra partnership with Jeff Nelsen, horn player with the Canadian Brass and professor of horn at Indiana University. Mike is a Yamaha Performing Artist who also endorses Wedge Mouthpieces.
Patrick Hession Lead Trumpet Player Patrick Hession of Maynard Ferguson fame has also played Lead Trumpet for Paul Anka, Lou Bronson and the Scott Gwinell Jazz Orchestra. Patrick, a teacher and clinician, uses Monette mouthpieces and trumpets.
Jamie Hovorka Jamie Hovorka is a studio/jazz trumpet player based in Los Angeles. He has been a member of Paul Anka's band since 2005 and Brian Setzer's Orchestra since 2007. Prior to this he worked with Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau band, where he played the split lead/jazz chair.
Greg Hopkins A Professor of Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music, Greg has developed and teaches several courses in composition and also directs the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra, one of the most prestigious performing ensembles at the school.
Roger Ingram Trumpet Player Roger Ingram of Chicago, Illinois is an enormously talented lead trumpet player. Roger, who is an alumnus of Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman and Harry Connick Jr's. Big Band is a Jupiter Clinician and Performing Artist.
Mark Isham Mark Isham is not only recognized as a premier film composer but also a pioneer in electronic music, as well as a preeminent trumpet player. Along with his achievements of Grammy, Emmy, and Clio awards, Mark has also received Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe nominations, and most recently received the ASCAP Henry Mancini award for Lifetime Achievement.
Steve Jankowski Trumpet Player Steve Jankowski of New Jersey is a freelance trumpet player and recording engineer currently performing with Blood, Sweat & Tears. Steve endorses Marcinkiewicz Trumpets.
Chris Jaudes
Ingrd Jensen Ingrid Jensen attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Her performances as a leader and as a featured soloist can be heard with the Grammy winning Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra, the IJQ with Geoffrey Keezer, Project O, Nordic Connect and a number of New York-based bands.
Russ Johnson Brooklyn based trumpeter Russ Johnson is an active performer in the jazz, improvised, and contemporary classical music scenes throughout the U.S. and abroad.
Sean Jones
Tony Kadleck Trumpet Player Tony Kadleck of New York City is a much sought after session and studio trumpet player who has performed with many varied artist. Tony is available for concerts, clinics, and master classes. In addition to having an extensive big band and small group library, Tony is well versed in rehearsing bands of all sizes, and has had great success in motivating and inspiring young artists, as well as preparing them for performance. Tony is a forum host at TrumpetMaster.com
Peter Knight
Bobby Lewis
Tony Lujan
Brian Lynch Jazz trumpet player Brian Lynch is as comfortable negotiating the complexities of clave with Afro-Caribbean pioneer Eddie Palmieri as swinging through advanced harmony with bebop maestro Phil Woods. A graduate of The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music, Brian has performed with Charles McPherson, the Horace Silver Quintet, the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, Angel Canales, Hector LaVoe, Eddie Palmieri, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers as well with Phil Woods.
Brian MacDonald Talented Lead Trumpet player with the United States Air Forces "Airmen of Note." A former alumni of KC & The Sunshine Band, Maynard Ferguson and Woody Herman, Brian can also be regularly heard with the Ryan Haines Big Band and the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra.
Clint Pops McLaughlin Trumpet College is about Trumpet lessons and trumpet books by Clint "Pops" McLaughlin based out of Dallas, Texas.
Malcolm McNab Los Angeles studio trumpet player Malcolm McNab.
Joe Magnarelli
Chuck Mangione
Jim Manley Jim Manley, is an explosive scream and jazz trumpet player based in St. Louis, Missouri. Jim is a band leader, composer/arranger, as well as a clinician. Jim plays the V-Raptor trumpet with Bob Reeves mouthpieces.
Stan Mark Stan Mark played lead trumpet with the U.S. Navy Band as well as with Maynard Ferguson.
Thomas Marriott Jazz Trumpet Player Thomas Marriott of Seattle, Washington and Maynard Ferguson fame has also played jazz trumpet for many years and in varied playing situations.
Irvin Mayfield
Mike Metheny
Dan Miller Trumpet player Dan Miller graduated from North Texas State University. He has performed with Woody Herman, Harry Connick Jr., Maynard Ferguson, Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Frank Foster and Jon Hendricks, Tom Jones. Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician.
Melvin Miller
Vaughn Nark Vaughn Nark is a former lead and jazz trumpet player with the United States Air Force "Airmen of Note." Vaughn leads a jazz quintet in the Washington, DC area and is a member of the faculty of the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland. Vaughn is also a Yamaha Clinician and is available for clinics and adjudication.
Wayne Naus Trumpet player Wayne Naus is a professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts; Leader of Heart & Fire Latin Jazz Octet and the Berklee faculty group Moksha. Wayne toured with Buddy Rich, Maynard Ferguson, and Lionel Hampton.
Lynn Nicholson Scream Trumpet Player Lynn Nicholson is an esteemed alumni of the Maynard Ferguson Big Band; Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band; CHASE and the Thad Jones - Mel Lewis Big Bands. Lynn currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada and teaches private trumpet lessons in person and online.
Brian O'Flaherty Florida freelance trumpet player who has performed with Louis Bellson, Woody Herman, Don Sebesky, Mel Lewis, Bob Mintzer and Kim Richmond.
Pete Olstad Trumpet Player Pete Olstad of Maynard Ferguson fame has also played Lead Trumpet for Tom Jones for many years. Pete Olstad, of Denver, Colorado is a rare talent playing the Lead book and the Jazz book with equal ease. Pete is available for trumpet clinics.
David O'Neill Trumpet player David O'Neill is a Christian Trumpet Artist, Private Teacher, Author of several Trumpet Method Books and inventor of the BuzzzMaster.
Jason Parker
Nicholas Payton
Mike Ponella Freelance Trumpet Player Mike Ponella is an outstanding lead / jazz trumpet player and clinician located in New York City. Mike graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music and has played Lead Trumpet with the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra and Paquito D'Rivera with the United Nations Jazz Orchestra among many varied gigs. Mike is also an international trumpet clinician.
Steve Patrick First call Nashville, Tennessee studio trumpet player and clinician.
Joey Pero Trumpet Player Joey Pero is a graduate of the Julliard School of Music and a Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau Band alumni.
Kenny Rampton
Adam Rapa Adam Rapa was playing lead trumpet in many of the big bands at Berklee College of Music by sixteen. By the age of eighteen, he had appeared in many jazz festivals around the country and had played at every major jazz club in Boston and many in New York, including the Blue Note. Has shared the stage and/or recorded with Grammy Award winners Nicholas Payton & Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride, Doc Severinsen, Mnozil Brass, Soulive, The New Life Jazz Orchestra, Wycliffe Gordon, Eric Reed, Jason Moran, Robert Glasper, Cyrus Chestnut, Academy Award winning composer A.R. Rahman, and many other great artists over the years.
Mark Rapp
Steve Reid Steve Reid of southern California, attended the University of North Florida and the University of Miami. Steve Reid has played lead trumpet with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Maynard Ferguson, KC & The Sunshine Band and the The Brian Setzer Orchestra. Steve has also recorded for Kirk Franklin, Javon Jackson and with Fred Hammon on his Grammy winning album "Free to Worship."
Ken Robinson
Michael Rodriguez Jazz Trumpet Player Michael Rodriguez of New York City plays in the Rodriguez Brothers Jazz Combo with his brother jazz pianist Robert Rodriguez as well as in numerous jazz bands including Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra and Gonzalo Rubalcaba's Jazz Quintet.
Jim Rotondi Great jazz trumpet player based out of New York City. An alumni of The Toshiko Akiyoshi / Lew Tabackin Big Band, Jim performs in New York City with his own group in addition to One For All as well as the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band. Jim serves on the SUNY/Purchase Faculty and teaches at the Jamey Abersold Summer Jazz Camps.
Chase Sanborn Jazz trumpeter Chase Sanborn is an alumnus of the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Currently based in Canada, Chase is a mainstay of the bustling music scene in Toronto. A veteran session musician, Chase has played on hundreds of commercial recording dates and logged many hours in the orchestra pit for Broadway musicals. He has toured with Ray Charles, and appeared with Aretha Franklin, Diana Krall and many other jazz and pop artists.
Arturo Sandoval Trumpet icon Arturo Sandoval is a multi talented jazz, lead and classical trumpet player. Arturo performed with the late great Dizzy Gillespie among others. Arturo is a tenured trumpet professor at Florida International University and currently resides in Losa Angeles, California. Arturo is a band leader, clinician and private trumpet teacher as well.
Marvin Stamm
Carl Saunders Los Angeles bassed trumpet player Carl Saunders has played lead with Bill Holman’s Orchestra; worked with John Williams and the big bands of Bob Florence, Johnny Mandel, Gerald Wilson, and the Phil Norman Tentet. In addition, he is often heard at the head of his own groups including the Carl Saunders Be Bop Big Band, his sextet and a quartet.
Kevin Seeley Music Productions Offers many hard to find CD's and videos of various trumpet greats.
Eddie Severn Trumpet player Eddie Severn has performed with Maria Schneider, Phil Woods, Dave Leibman, Clay Aiken, The Temptations, Kenny Rogers, The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, and the English Symphony Orchestra.
Woody Shaw
Jack Sheldon
Bobby Shew Lead and jazz trumpet great; clinician; teacher and Yamaha Artist based out of Van Nuys, California. An alumnus of the Buddy Rich Big Band and Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Bands.
Lew Soloff New York trumpet icon Lew Soloff began with Blood, Sweat & Tears and has performed with just about everyone!
Dave Stahl
Paul Stephens Trumpet Player Paul Stephens of Annapolis, Maryland currently plays lead trumpet with The Army Jazz Ambassadors. Paul is a stellar lead trumpet player and Yamaha Performing Artist who has performed with numerous artist including Maynard Ferguson and Nicholas Payton. John prefers a Stork Custom trumpet mouthpiece.
Michael Patches Stewart
Jeff Stockham
Byron Stripling
Rich Szabo
Clark Terry
John Thomas
Charles Tolliver
Ron Turner Northeast Georgia trumpet player Ron Turner graduated from the University of Miami. Ron has performed with Nick Russo and Gabriel's Brass at Disney World,
the Disney World Band, the Sands, The Golden Nuggett, Bally's Grand, The Claridge and the Showboat (Atlantic City, New Jersey); Broadway plays including Fosse, 42nd Street and Spamalot.
Jerry Tyree
Mike Vax Mike Vax has performed with the Stan Kenton Orchestra, the U.S. Navy Show Band and such greats as Freddy Hubbard, Art Pepper, and Al Grey. Mike is a Getzen performing artist and clinician who resides in Pittsburg, California.
Ray Vega
Richie Vitale
Allen Vizzutti One of the most talented trumpet players on the planet, Allen Vizzutti is a graduate of The Eastman School of Music and an alumni of the Woody Herman Big Band and Chick Corea's bands. At Eastman, Vizzutti earned Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees, a Performer's Certificate, a chair in the Eastman Brass Quintet faculty ensemble, and the only Artist's Diploma ever awarded a wind player in Eastman's 85 year history. A Yamaha Performing Artist, Vizzutti can play everything and anything at any speed!
Cuong Vu
Scott Wendholt
Walter White Walter White attended The Interlochen Center For the Arts, The Juilliard School of Music, The University of Miami, and The Banff Centre, Walter has performed with Maynard Ferguson, Bob James, Dave Holland, the Woody Herman Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Gunther Schuller, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, The Jaco Pastorius Big Band, and The Mingus Big Band. Currently, Walter serves as lead trumpeter for Dave Matthew's Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, with whom he tours Japan on a bi-yearly basis, and has recorded six award-winning records for the Japanese market.
Rich Wetzel Tacoma-based trumpeter Rich Wetzel well known as a powerful and high-energy lead player and high-note specialist.
Rich Willey
Mike Williams
Dr. Steve Wright