Byron Wallen

Byron Wallen is widely recognised as a seminal figure in world jazz, he is constantly travelling the world recording, teaching andperforming. A leading light of the UK jazz world over several decades, trumpeter, composer and educator Byron Wallen has had an extraordinary career. His creative mind and constant quest for discovery have seen him work with musicians from around the world, including George Benson, Andrew Hill, Chaka Khan, Ingrid Laubrock, Hugh Masekela, Courtney Pine, Mulatu Astatke, Red Snapper, Lonnie Liston Smith, Style Council, Jack Dejohnette, Jean Toussaint, and King Sunny Ade. These projects have taken him to countries such as Morocco, Nigeria, Indonesia, Syria, South Africa and Lithuania, often inspiring his own compositions. His original scores have been commissioned by a plethora of highly-regarded organisations, from the BBC, Southbank Centre, National Theatre and Science Museum to name just a few, while he?s also worked for Universal Pictures, Warner Bros and Game of Thrones. In 2003, Byron received the BBC?s ?Innovation in Jazz? award, and subsequently he?s been nominated for BBC Jazz, MOBO & Parliamentary Jazz Awards while winning the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists in 2017. Currently a lecturer in jazz composition and history of jazz at London?s Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (where he also teaches jazz trumpet), Byron is also on the faculty at the Guildhall and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire as well as working with Julian Joseph Jazz Academy. ?One of the most innovative, exciting and original trumpet players alive? Jazzwise