Join us for a night of swinging jazz led by “one of the most innovative, exciting and original trumpet players alive” Jazzwise Magazine
Raised in a musical environment, Byron Wallen started learning his first instrument, piano, at an early age. He then went on to study trumpet with Jimmy Owens, Donald Byrd and Jon Faddis, in New York.
By the late 90s his work was receiving world wide attention and he could be heard performing with a myriad of artists such as David Murray, Andrew Hill, Butch Morris, Ralph Moore, Billy Higgins, Eddie Henderson, Wynton Marsalis, Herlin Riley, Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, William Orbit, Toumani Diabate, Brice Wassy, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ronnie Laws and Chaka Khan. His trumpet has also appeared alongside African pioneers such as Hugh Masekela, Manu Dibango and Amampondo.
The past few years have seen Byron perform with World Music artists Baaba Maal and Cheikh-Lo and a host of jazz legends including Bobby McFerrin, Sam Rivers, and Jack DeJohnette. He has also been working with Gregory Isaacs, Ken Boothe and Mikey Spice – pioneers of the reggae world.