Lecturer in Jazz

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Expertise

One of the most original trumpet/cornet players to emerge from the avant-garde, Bobby Bradford is a celebrated jazz musician, composer and teacher, noted for his work with the Ornette Coleman Quartet and with clarinetist John Carter. In October 2009 Bradford became the second recipient of the Festival of New Trumpet Music's Award of Recognition.

Areas of Expertise

MUSIC

  • Jazz
  • History of Jazz
Work

Selected Recordings

Purple Gums, with Francis Wong and William Roper, Asian Improv, 2003

Live at L.A.C.M.A. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art),Bobby Bradford and the Mo'tet, Waterboy Records, 2003

One Night Stand, Soul Note Records, 1993

Comin' On, Bradford-Carter Quintet, hatART, 1988

Lost in L.A., Bobby Bradford and the Mo'Tet, Soul Note, 1984

Education

Education

Bachelor of Music
Huston-Tillotson College

Professional Experience

Bradford is a former sideman for the Ornette Coleman Quartet.

Recent Courses Taught

  • History of Jazz
  • Jazz Ensemble
  • Theory & Practice of Improvisation
Awards & Honors

Awards & Honors

2003-04 ASCAP Award, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Second recipient of the Festival of New Trumpet Music's Award of Recognition, 2009