Terell Stafford

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Terell Stafford
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Ravi Coltrane (left), Terell Stafford, and Charnett Moffett (right) performing at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 13, 2005.
Background information
Birth nameTerell Lamark Stafford
BornNovember 25, 1966 (1966-11-25) (age 58)
Origin Miami, Florida, USA
Genres Jazz
Occupation Trumpet player
Years active1995–present
Website Official website

Terell Stafford (born November 25, 1966) is a professional jazz trumpet player and current Director of Jazz Studies at the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University.

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Terell Stafford was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in both Chicago, Illinois, and Silver Spring, Maryland. He went on to get a degree in music education from University of Maryland in 1988 and a degree in classical trumpet performance from Rutgers University in 1991. [1] Originally a classical trumpet player, Stafford soon branched out to jazz with the University of Maryland jazz band.

His career in jazz soon picked up and has played with McCoy Tyner, Christian McBride, John Clayton, Steve Turre, Dave Valentin, and Russell Malone and on stages such as Carnegie Hall and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He recently released a CD entitled New Beginnings featuring a number of other new up-and-coming musicians such as bassist Derrick Hodge.

In addition to his position at Temple, Stafford has also worked with the Juilliard School's jazz program, at the Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington program, and with the 2006 All-Alaska Jazz Band.

Discography

As leader

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Terell Stafford in Aarhus Denmark (2012)

As sideman

With Arkadia Jazz All Stars

With Bruce Barth

With Cecil Brooks III

With Marc Cary

With Jack Cooper and the DoAM Jazz Orchestra

With Cornell Dupree

With Lafayette Harris, Jr.

With Victor Lewis

With Herbie Mann

With Ferit Odman

With Houston Person

With Shirley Scott

With Stephen Scott

With Melissa Walker

With Tim Warfield

With Bobby Watson

With Ed Wiley

With Gerald Wilson

References

  1. Gary W. Kennedy, "Terrell Stafford". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz . 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004.