Brian Lynch and Friends: Latin Jazz For Multiple Trumpets
| Date: | Mon, Oct 20, 2025 |
| Time | 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM |
Brian Lynch and Friends: Latin Jazz For Multiple Trumpets
Multiple Grammy© Award-winning trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Brian Lynch brings an unparalleled depth and breadth of experience to his music. An honored graduate of two of the jazz world’s most distinguished academies, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers and the Horace Silver Quintet, he received wide acclaim during his long tenures with Latin Jazz legend Eddie Palmieri and straight-ahead master Phil Woods. He has been a valued collaborator with jazz artists such as Benny Golson, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Charles McPherson; Latin music icons as diverse as Hector LaVoe, Chucho Valdes, and Lila Downs; and pop luminaries such as Prince.
As a bandleader and recording artist, he has released over 20 critically acclaimed CDs featuring his distinctive composing and arranging, and toured the world at the helm of various ensembles reflecting the broad sweep of his music. Voted Trumpeter Of The Year and recipient of the Record Of The Year Award by the Jazz Journalists Association, Lynch’s talents are also recognized by consistent top placings in the Downbeat Critics and Readers Polls, as well as feature stories and highly rated reviews for his work in the New York Times, Jazz Times, and Downbeat.
Lynch has six Grammy© Award nominations as a recording artist and composer, receiving Grammys for Best Latin Jazz Album and Best Jazz Large Ensemble Album. Lynch has also received grants from the National Endowment For The Arts, the Knight Foundation, Chamber Music America, and Meet the Composer. Lynch’s latest release on his Hollistic MusicWorks label is “7x7by7”.
He is Professor of Jazz and Studio Music at the Frost School Of Music, University Of Miami.