Brian Lynch
Multiple Grammy® Award Winning trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Brian Lynch brings to his music an unparalleled depth and breadth of experience. 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 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. He has 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.
As an ensemble leader and recording artist, he has released over 20 critically acclaimed albums featuring the distinctive composing and arranging that reflect his dual pedigree in Black American and Afro-Caribbean musics. His complete discography runs to more than 200 albums, including 9 with Eddie Palmieri, 13 with the Phil Woods Quintet, and 3 with Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, all featuring his contributions as arranger, composer, and featured soloist.
He has six Grammy Award nominations as a recording artist and composer, and received 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 current projects include his Spheres Of Influence and Unsung Heroes ensembles. He is Professor of Jazz and Studio Music at the Frost School Of Music, University Of Miami.
Brian Lynch is a Yamaha Performing Artist.
Critical Acclaim For Brian Lynch:
“You can lose yourself in the pure energy of his playing, but at any moment you can switch your attention to the logic and craftsmanship of his music and find multiple rewards.” NEIL TESSER, Jazziz
“Lynch demonstrates that a dedicated, knowledgeable jazzman can play a diversity of styles with telling authenticity, and make the renditions extremely appealing to both musician and neophyte…Lynch is simply first-rate.” ZAN STEWART, Downbeat
“When you’re as dynamic and flexible a trumpeter as Lynch, everyone wants you.” THE NEW YORKER
“ … a knife-blade articulation on his horn… his command of rhythm, sharpened by a long apprenticeship with Mr. Palmieri, lent impressive authority to his playing…” NATE CHINEN, The New York Times
“Brilliant… two steps ahead of the ordinary ear.” REUTERS NEWS
For more information about Brian Lynch, see his label website at http:hollisticmusicworks.com