Trumpetist

Loved for his fierce devotion to bebop as an entry point for boundless exploration, legendary saxophonist and composer Charles McPherson celebrates his 85th birthday at Dizzy’s Club. Assembling his long running all-star quintet of swinging and creative improvisers, the master artist shares new music from his recent live release Reverence, an album that pays homage to his mentor, the late Barry Harris, plus selections from the long arc of his storied career as a leader and a first-call collaborator. Don’t miss this historic event!  

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Charles Mcpherson 85th Birthday Celebration

Jazz At Lincoln Center

Our jazz Guest Curator Charles McPherson’s New York band performs all over the world and is acclaimed by audiences everywhere. Now the internationally renowned legend brings the best jazz musicians on the scene together for two intimate shows in The JAI, celebrating their new CD release.

The Charles McPherson Quintet

The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

Trumpet player and composer Terell Stafford leads this vibrant ensemble, uplifting some of the music’s youngest practitioners alongside organ master and composer Akiko Tsuruga. Having refined a deeply personal sound rooted in the lineage of blistering soloists, Tsuruga performs across the world, leading bands that have featured Lou Donaldson, Frank Wess, Houston Person, Harry Allen, Louis Hayes, Carl Allen, Akira Tana, Joe Magnarelli, Jeremy Pelt, and Peter Bernstein, among others. Don’t miss an evening of tight arrangements and inexhaustible interplay. 

Temple University Jazz Band Feat. Akiko Tsuruga

Jazz at Lincoln Center

The Stanford Jazz Orchestra welcomes special guest Terell Stafford, trumpet, for their 2023 Fall concert

Stanford Jazz Orchestra with Terell Stafford

Stanford University

The Rutgers University Jazz Ensemble, directed by Conrad Herwig, will honor the legacy of Professor William Fielder in their annual “Prof” Fielder Memorial Concert featuring guest artist, Terell Stafford. The premier twenty-two-piece student jazz orchestra opens each season in paying tribute to the late, great trumpet master and legendary educator.

Rutgers Jazz Ensemble: “Prof” Fielder Memorial Concert

New Brunswick Performing Arts Center

A mid-career master regarded by his peers as one of jazz’s very best trumpeters, Terell Stafford possesses a huge, lithesome sound, bountiful imagination and a full-spectrum emotional palette with infinite shades of tenderness, sorrow, aggression and awe. While he’s recorded about a dozen excellent albums as a leader, he’s been more visible as a dependably inspired sideman who adds a potent jolt of energy into setting. Over the past quarter century he’s been sought out by veteran masters such as saxophone legend Jimmy Heath, pianist Cedar Walton, altoist Bobby Watson (for both his quintet Horizon and Tailor Made Big Band), drummer Matt Wilson’s Arts and Crafts, and the Clayton Brothers and Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.



Terell Stafford Quintet featuring Ralph Moore, Nasheet Waits, and Taylor Eigsti

George Cables is one of the true greats of jazz piano. He has the touch and swing of Oscar Peterson, the harmonic inventiveness of Herbie Hancock, the strength of McCoy Tyner, and yet his sound is unmistakably his own. George spent his formative years playing with saxophone giants Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, and Joe Henderson, and his collaborations with alto star Art Pepper, vibes virtuoso Bobby Hutcherson, and trumpet masters Woody Shaw and Freddie Hubbard yielded recordings that are on every critic’s must-have list. In this exclusive performance, George is joined by an amazing band featuring Caroline Davis, Terell Stafford, Eric Revis, and others

George Cables Trio with Eric Revis, Caroline Davis, and Terell Stafford

Terell Stafford, acclaimed trumpet player based in New York, has been hailed as “one of the great players of our time, a fabulous trumpet player” by piano legend McCoy Tyner. Stafford is recognized as an incredibly gifted and versatile player, he combines a deep love of melody with his own brand of spirited and adventurous lyricism. Stafford’s exceptionally expressive and well defined musical talent allows him to dance in and around the rich trumpet tradition of his predecessors while making his own inroads.

Terell Stafford

Trumpetist

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 13, 2025

Terrell Stafford With Uw Jazz Badgers And Contemporary Jazz Ensemble · University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music

Mar 14, 2025

Terrell Stafford With Uw Jazz Orchestra And Faculty Jazz Group · University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music

Past events

18 - 21 Jul, 2024

Charles Mcpherson 85th Birthday Celebration · Jazz at Lincoln Center

Jun 9, 2024

The Charles McPherson Quintet · La Jolla Music Society

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