Terell Stafford's Burning Trumpet Ignites the Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival

Terell Stafford is a professional jazz trumpet player and current Director of Jazz Studies at Temple University. Mr. 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 1993. 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, Terell 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.

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[TheIzzysteve]

This dude is a beast!

[JazzVideoGuy]

@TheIzzysteve You got that right!

[TheIzzysteve]

@JazzVideoGuy I actually got to meet Tim Warfield (super guy, by the way), whose album One For Shirley featured him.

[JazzVideoGuy]

@TheIzzysteve Cool. Tim's a super guy, and a super player.

[willy1986tralara]

fantastico... realmente le arde la trompeta!!!

[JazzVideoGuy]

@willy1986tralara Viva the trumpet kings

[drjazz86]

Great, great playing. I'm giggling because in this video Terrell Stafford looks like Magic Johnson!

[Jojo45885]

i looveee the double bass player jamin away in the background :)

[sheddingthealbatross]

Oh my goodness....Terrell!!!! I have wondered for years what had ever become of you. This is Kathy Gililland. I was 1st chair flute in Mr. Janusek's Jr. High band back in the late 70's in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. We hung out with Rob Finn, Chris Roth, Molly Belt, Serena and Trina Deccicio. It is wonderful to find you again and to hear your amazing sound. You truly have a gift.

[dreubanks]

no joke!!!!

[scottfg]

Looks like a Selmer 80J he's playin' like Gilbert Castellanos

[TheIzzysteve]

@JazzVideoGuy Oh yeah!!

[tykleiman]

@AnAmericanComposer Last year I was in the Penn Intermediate Jazz Band. Unfortunately, I am not able to be in any jazz class this year due to schedule conflicts. But I will be going to the concert on November 18th. Stafford will also be playing with the IU Jazz band and the Penn Advanced Jazz Band.