Byron Wallen
Byron Wallen (born July 17, 1969 in London ) is a British jazz trumpeter .
Live and act
Wallen, whose parents are from Belize , grew up in a musical family; as a child he had classical piano lessons. He later learned the euphonium , which he played in the Boys' Brigade Band before switching to the trumpet . He studied the instrument with Peter Rudeforth , and during a stay in New York in the second half of the 1980s with Jimmy Owens , Donald Byrd and Jon Faddis . In 1992 he graduated from Sussex University with a degree in psychology, philosophy and mathematics . Since the early 1990s, he has worked in various musical contexts, such as with Courtney Pine , Lonnie Liston Smith , Style Council , Jean Toussaint , Mervyn Africa , Chaka Khan , Ronnie Laws and Cleveland Watkiss . He also toured with Ed Jones and Gary Crosby's Nu Troop . Wallen also founded his own band Sound Advice in 1992 ; He presented the first album of the same name in 1995.
He toured with the formation in Great Britain, Syria in 1996 and the Czech Republic in 1997. In 1995 Wallen worked in South Africa and recorded with Airto Moreira and Moses Moseleku . The documentary Traveling was made as part of his 1998 Africa tour . In 2001 he was a guest at the Harare Jazz Festival in Zimbabwe and in 2002 at the South African ARTS Alive Earth Summit Festival . Wallen has taught in schools and at Trinity College and the Royal Academy of Music . In 2003 he received for his third album Indigo Newcomer Award Innovation in Jazz of the BBC Jazz Awards .
In the field of jazz he was involved in 29 recording sessions between 1990 and 2017, according to Tom Lord . a. also with John Stevens , Guy Barker , Courtney Pine, Ingrid Laubrock , Steve Beresford , Tony Kofi and Soweto Kinch . He can also be heard on recordings by Incognito , Talvin Singh , Red Snapper or Binker & Moses . He also worked with George Benson , Charles Earland , David Murray , Andrew Hill , Jack DeJohnette , McCoy Tyner , Butch Morris , Hugh Masekela , Julian Argüelles , Baaba Maal , Juliet Kelly and Cheikh Lô . At the beginning of 2020 he released the album Reflections on Belonging .
Lexigraphic entries
- John Chilton : Who's Who of British Jazz Continuum, London 2004, ISBN 0-8264-7234-6 (2nd edition)
Web links
- Web presence
- Byron Wallen at Allmusic (English)
- Byron Wallen at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 26, 2020)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wallen, Byron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |