Every chance to play live is a special moment.

I think it allows more artists to have their product readily available to consumers who wouldn't have been aware of their existence otherwise.

I am signed to Ayva Musica, an inde jazz label. I have a record entitled "Songbook" that's out now. The cd features Greg Osby on alto and Ravi Coltrane on tenor.

Throughout the years I have have been fortunate to perform/work/record with: Roy Haynes, Benny Golson, Wynton Marsalis Greg Osby, Ravi Coltrane, Jimmy Smith (the organist), Curtis Lundy, Lewis Nash, Kirk Whalum, Kevin Mahagony, Common (hip-hop artist), Matana Roberts, Grace Kelly, Teri Lynn Carrington, John Lockwood, Ali Jackson, Igor Lumpert, Joanne Brackeen, Cyrus Chestnut, Billy Pierce, Darren Barrett, Justin Robinson, Jeremy Pelt, Herbie Hancock, Aaron Goldberg, Fransisco Mela, Andre Heyward, Sean Jones, Tim Warfield, Warren Wolf, Jimmy Greene, Bilal, Kareem Riggins, Derrick Hodge, Bob Moses, Jerry Bergonzi, Bob Shephard, Gabriel Hernandez, Ivan Renata, Walter Smith III, Darren Barrett, Stan Strickland, Edgar Bateman, Jeff Tain Watts, Matt Wilson, David Gilmore, etc.

I have performed at the Newport Jazz Festival, Tanglewood Jazz Festival. the Etna Jazz Festival (Sicily), Moers Jazz Festival (Germany), Malta Jazz Festival, Beantown Jazz Festival, WinterFest (Knitting Factory, NYC), Rotterdam International Jazz Festival, Fort Napolean Jazz Festial (France), Langnau Jazz Nights (Switzerland), Badajoz Inter. Jazz Festival (Spain), Zaragoza Jazz Festival (Spain), Jaen Jazz Festival (Spain), Lugo Jazz Festival (Spain), Highland Jazz Festival, Marblehead Jazz Festival, Cordoba Jazz Festival (Spain), Salamanca Inter. Jazz Festival (Spain), Avila Jazz Festival (Spain), Cultergest Jazz Festival (Portugal), Porto Jazz Festival (Portugal),and the Berks Jazz Festival.

I have also performed at venues such as the Village Vanguard, Blue Note, Jazz Standard, Tonic, Smalls, Fat Cat, Cleos, Tonic, Jazz Gallery (NYC), Jazz Bakery (L.A.), Blues Alley (D.C.), Kennedy Center, H.R. 57 (D.C.), Canton Castle (Baltimore), the Tonight Show (L.A.), the Rex (Toronto), Scullers, Regattabar, Ryles, Lily Pad, Acton Jazz Cafe, Connelleys (R.I.P.), Western Front, Wonderbar (R.I.P.), Calle 54 (Madrid), The Pec (Denver), and Cornelia Street Cafe (NYC)


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As an educator, Jason is a faculty member of the Aquinas College Jazz Camp (Grand Rapids, MI) as well as the trumpet faculty in the Preparatory Division at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston for the past eight years. He has served as the music instructor at the Mission Hill School for the past three years. He was also a faculty member of the 2000 Mile High Jazz camp in Boulder Colorado and has given masterclasses throughout Europe.

Any jazz musician that has/had integrity for the music.

The bandstand.

Only a trumpet and mouthpiece. Right now I have a New York Bach trumpet and B2 Monette mouthpiece.