Jeremy Pelt

Jeremy Pelt
Background information
Born	(1976-11-04) November 4, 1976 (age 48) 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

• 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 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 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 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)
• David Chesky, Jazz in the New Harmonic (Chesky, 2013)
• David Chesky, Primal Scream (Chesky, 2015)
• Gerald Cleaver, Gerald Cleaver's Detroit (Fresh Sound, 2007)
• Gerald Cleaver, Live at Firehouse 12 (Sunnyside, 2019)
• Roxy Coss, Restless Idealism (Origin, 2016)
• Dena DeRose, We Won't Forget You (HighNote, 2014)
• Wayne Escoffery, Intuition (Nagel Heyer, 2004)
• Wayne Escoffery, Vortex (Sunnyside, 2018)
• 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)
• Louis Hayes, Maximum Firepower (Savant, 2006)
• Louis Hayes, Live at Cory Weed's Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live, 2014)
• Kathy Kosins, Vintage (Mahogany, 2005)
• Mike LeDonne, FiveLive (Savant, 2008)
• Mike LeDonne, AwwlRIGHT! (Savant, 2015)
• Harold Mabern, Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions, 2015)
• Rene Marie, Vertigo (Maxjazz, 2001)
• Rene Marie, Serene Renegade (Maxjazz, 2004)
• Mingus Big Band, Tonight at Noon...Three or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002)
• Mingus Big Band, I Am Three (Sunnyside, 2005)
• 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)
• Jim Snidero, Jubilation! (Savant, 2018)
• Jim Snidero, Waves of Calm (Savant, 2019)
• Somi, Red Soil in My Eyes (World Village, 2007)
• Soulive, Doin' Something (Blue Note, 2001)
• Soulive, Steady Groovin (Blue Note, 2005)
• Baptiste Trotignon, Suite (Naive, 2009)
• Camille Thurman, Waiting for the Sunrise (Chesky, 2018)
• Cedar Walton, Seasoned Wood (HighNote, 2008)
• Gerald Wilson, In My Time (Mack Avenue, 2005)
• Gerald Wilson, Legacy (Mack Avenue, 2011)
• World Saxophone Quartet, Political Blues (Justin Time, 2006)

References

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