Name Michael Mossman Role Jazz trumpeter | Music group Out of the Blue | |
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Albums The Orisha Suite, Springdance, Schnyder, Daniel: Decoding the Message Education Oberlin College, Rutgers University Nominations Grammy Award for Best Arrangement, Instrumental Or A Cappella Similar People | ||
Sir duke by stevie wonder arr michael philip mossman
Michael Philip Mossman (born October 12, 1959 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American hard bop jazz trumpeter.
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- Sir duke by stevie wonder arr michael philip mossman
- A night in tunisia arranged by michael philip mossman
- Recent career
- Personal life
- As a leader
- As a Co leader
- As a sideman
- Film Credits
- References
Mossman's early career included a tour of Europe with Anthony Braxton in 1978 and tours with Roscoe Mitchell in the early 1980s. He also did session work in the 1980s, for Styx among others. He played with Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and Machito before joining the Blue Note Records ensemble Out of the Blue in 1985. Following this he worked with Toshiko Akiyoshi, Horace Silver (1989–91), Gerry Mulligan (1992), Dizzy Gillespie, Slide Hampton, Michel Camilo, Mario Bauza, Eddie Palmieri, and the Philip Morris Superband. He has also appeared in the documentary Calle 54 (2000).
A night in tunisia arranged by michael philip mossman
Recent career
Mossman's recent activity includes a Grammy nomination in 2013 for Best Instrumental Arrangement for his Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite for Ellington recorded on Bobby Sanabria's "Multiverse" album. His work with Academy Award winning director Fernando Trueba includes scoring music for the Academy Award nominated (2012) film Chico and Rita. Mossman works regularly as guest performer, arranger and conductor with the radio orchestras in Germany. Mossman has also conducted the Bilbao Orkesta Sinfonica in Spain in a program of his own works. He arranged and conducted "Mambo Nights" with Arturo Sandoval and "Missa Afro-Cubana" with the WDR Bigband of Cologne, and Spirits Dancing with David Sanborn with the HR Bigband of Frankfurt (2009), while Latin Jazz Latino with Joe Gallardo was recorded by the NDR Bigband of Hamburg and released on Skip Records (2006). His ballet, Beneath the Mask, was performed at Harris Theater in Chicago by Jon Faddis and the Chicago Jazz Ensemble and the Deeply Rooted Dance Company, with sets designed by Leslie Giuliani, in 2006. His arrangement of Jon Faddis' "Teranga" was performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra at Kimmel Center in 2006. His arrangement of Paquito D'Rivera's "I Remember Diz" was performed by the Louisiana Philharmonic in 2010. He has also arranged for the Tri-City Symphony of Davenport, Iowa (2011). His "Latin Tinge" project was performed at Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C with Paquito D'Rivera, the Quartet Indigo string quartet in 2010.
Personal life
Mossman has two daughters, Anayvelyse and Maria. He also has two sisters named Leslie (Giuliani) and Janet (Locke). Mossman is Director of Jazz Studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College/CUNY.
As a leader
As a Co-leader
As a sideman
With Anthony Braxton
With Earl MacDonald
With Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
With Jazz at Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra
With Jimmy Heath
With Antonio Hart
With Horace Silver
With Joe Henderson
With Bob Mintzer
With Joe Zawinul
With Tito Puente
With Chico O'Farrill
With Mario Bauza
With Ray Barretto
With Michel Camilo
With Pat Metheny
With Chaka Khan
With Styx
With Roscoe Mitchell