Trumpetist

Trumpeter and composer Brandon Woody was just 17 in 2015 when the Baltimore Sun touted him as an artist on the rise. Since then, Woody has gone on to become an international artist, curating projects for major museums, collaborating with international brands, and performing with his band, Upendo, a multi-generational and expandable group that features a core quartet of pianist Troy Long, bassist Michael Saunders and drummer Quincy Phillips. Woody also has performed alongside artists including Robert Glasper, Solange, Jon Faddis and Danilo Perez. His new debut album is For the Love of It All on Blue Note Records.

Brandon Woody's Upendo

Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts

Summer’s biggest party is back—now with a new partner! Since 1979, the two-day jazz festival has been a summer staple for adventurous listeners and fun-loving music fans in Los Angeles. In our first season with the Blue Note Jazz Club, you can go far out with jazz heroes like Lakecia Benjamin (whose Coltrane album you have to hear) or Joe Lovano’s excellent improv group the Paramount Quartet. NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater teams up with Grammy-winning pianist Bill Charlap, brass band royalty The Soul Rebels bring a little of that NOLA second-line spirit, and trumpeter Keyon Harrold shows why he was chosen to play Miles Davis’ parts in the Don Cheadle film Miles Ahead.

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Blue Note Jazz Festival

Hollywood Bowl

An initiative of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, Armstrong Now unites world class artists to create new works inspired by museum archives. For this two-part performance, pianist and composer Luther Allison presents his inspired arrangements of Armstrong’s repertoire followed by original compositions that capture the spirit of Pops: blues, spontaneity, and swing. Part 1 spotlights Allison’s quartet and features special guests Catherine Russell, Bruce Harris, C. Anthony Bryant, Riley Mulherkar, and Ekep Nkwelle; part 2 spotlights Allison’s acclaimed septet.

Armstrong Signature: A Life In Jazz

Jazz At Lincoln Center

This concert, part of Terence Blanchard’s UpSwing series, shines a light on a pair of rising greats — trumpeter Brandon Woody and vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa — both rising artists with stunning debuts on Blue Note Records.

Trumpetist

Brandon Woody

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 7, 2026

Brandon Woody’s Upendo / Gabrielle Cavassa · San Francisco Jazz

Past events

Nov 9, 2025

Brandon Woody's Upendo · Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts

14 - 15 Jun, 2025

Blue Note Jazz Festival · Hollywood Bowl

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