Michael Mossman’s Latin Jazz Fiesta
October 8 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Michael Mossman - trumpet
Greg Wall - tenor saxophone
Oscar Perez - piano
David Alvarez III - drums
Gabriel Glodus - percussion
Alex “Apolo” Ayala - bass
Michael Philip Mossman has been active on the international scene since the age of 17, and has recorded with his own groups and with a virtual “who’s who” of the music industry. Michael was nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award for “Best Instrumental Arrangement” for his “Afro-Latin Ellington Suite.” and received Grammys for his work with the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra and the legendary Joe Henderson.
Following stints as lead trumpet with the Machito Orchestra, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, Michael became the musical director of Blue Note Record’s “young lion” group, Out of the Blue. He recorded four albums for Blue Note with this group before joining the Horace Silver Quintet. Michael has toured and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Barretto, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Gerry Mulligan, Joe Zawinul, Slide Hampton, Toshiko Akiyoshi and countless others.
