Jeremy Pelt

Jeremy Pelt
Background information
Born	(1976-11-04) November 4, 1976 (age 49) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Trumpet
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Maxjazz HighNote
Website	jeremypelt.net

Jeremy Pelt (born November 4, 1976, in California) is an American jazz trumpeter.

Career

Pelt studied classical trumpet as a child and focused on jazz after playing in a high school jazz ensemble. He studied at Berklee College of Music. Among those he has performed with are Ravi Coltrane, Roy Hargrove, Greg Osby, and Cassandra Wilson. ^[1]

Discography

As leader

• Profile (Fresh Sound, 2002)
• Insight (Criss Cross, 2003)
• Close to My Heart (Maxjazz, 2003)
• Identity (Maxjazz, 2005)
• Shock Value: Live at Smoke (Maxjazz, 2007)
• November (Maxjazz, 2008)
• Men of Honor (HighNote, 2010)
• The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote, 2011)
• Soul (HighNote, 2012)
• Water and Earth (HighNote, 2013)
• Face Forward, Jeremy (HighNote, 2014)
• Tales, Musings and Other Reveries (HighNote, 2015)
• #Jiveculture (HighNote, 2016)
• High Art (HighNote, 2016)
• The Co-Op (Brown Brothers Recordings, 2017)
• Make Noise! (HighNote, 2017)
• Noir En Rouge: Live in Paris (HighNote, 2018)
• Jubilation! Celebrating Cannonball Adderley (Savant, 2018) - with Jim Snidero
• The Artist (HighNote, 2019)
• The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 1 (HighNote, 2020)
• Griot: This is Important! (HighNote, 2021)
• Soundtrack (HighNote, 2022)
• The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 2: His Muse (HighNote, 2023)
• Tomorrow is Another Day (HighNote, 2024)
• Woven (HighNote, 2025)

As sideman

With David Chesky

• Jazz in the New Harmonic (Chesky, 2013)
• Primal Scream (Chesky, 2015)

With Gerald Cleaver

• Gerald Cleaver's Detroit (Fresh Sound, 2007)
• Live at Firehouse 12 (Sunnyside, 2019)

With Wayne Escoffery

• Intuition (Nagel Heyer, 2004)
• Vortex (Sunnyside, 2018)

With Louis Hayes

• Maximum Firepower (Savant, 2006)
• Live at Cory Weed's Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live, 2014)

With Vincent Herring

• Change the World (MusicMasters/BMG, 1997)
• All Too Real (HighNote, 2003)
• Mr. Wizard (HighNote, 2004)
• Ends and Means (HighNote, 2005)
• Night and Day (Smoke Sessions, 2015)

With Mike LeDonne

• FiveLive (Savant, 2008)
• AwwlRIGHT! (Savant, 2015)

With Rene Marie

• Vertigo (Maxjazz, 2001)
• Serene Renegade (Maxjazz, 2004)

With Mingus Big Band

• Tonight at Noon...Three or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002)
• I Am Three (Sunnyside, 2005)

With Ralph Peterson Jr.

• The Art of War (Criss Cross, 2001)
• Subliminal Seduction (Criss Cross, 2002)
• Tests of Time (Criss Cross, 2003)

With Lonnie Plaxico

• Melange (Blue Note, 2001)
• Rhythm & Soul (Sirocco Music, 2003)
• Live at the Zinc Bar (Plaxmusic, 2007)

With Jim Snidero

• Jubilation! (Savant, 2018)
• Waves of Calm (Savant, 2019)

With Soulive

• Doin' Something (Blue Note, 2001)
• Steady Groovin (Blue Note, 2005)

With Gerald Wilson

• In My Time (Mack Avenue, 2005)
• Legacy (Mack Avenue, 2011)

With others

• Eric Alexander, Chicago Fire (HighNote, 2014)
• J. D. Allen, Pharoah's Children (Criss Cross, 2001)
• Ben Allison, Layers of the City (Sonic Camera, 2017)
• Roni Ben-Hur, Keepin' It Open (Motema, 2007)
• Roxy Coss, Restless Idealism (Origin, 2016)
• Dena DeRose, We Won't Forget You (HighNote, 2014)
• David Finck, Future Day (Soundbrush, 2007)
• Al Foster, Inspirations & Dedications (Smoke Sessions, 2019)
• Frank Foster, We Do It Diff'rent (Mapleshade, 2002)
• Jared Gold, Reemergence (Strikezone 2018)
• Noah Haidu, Infinite Distances (Cellar Live, 2017)
• Kathy Kosins, Vintage (Mahogany, 2005)
• Harold Mabern, Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions, 2015)
• Lewis Nash, The Highest Mountain (Cellar Live, 2012)
• John L. Nelson, Don't Play with Love (Maken It Music, 2018)
• Jaleel Shaw, Optimism (Changu, 2008)
• Wayne Shorter, Alegria (Verve, 2003)
• Jarek Smietana & Gary Bartz, African Lake (Starling, 2000)
• Somi, Red Soil in My Eyes (World Village, 2007)
• Baptiste Trotignon, Suite (Naive, 2009)
• Camille Thurman, Waiting for the Sunrise (Chesky, 2018)
• Cedar Walton, Seasoned Wood (HighNote, 2008)
• World Saxophone Quartet, Political Blues (Justin Time, 2006)

References

1. Collar, Matt. "Jeremy Pelt". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 May 2020.