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About the Director

John Raymond is assistant professor of music in jazz studies (trumpet) at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Recently voted a rising star trumpeter in DownBeat magazine’s Critics Poll, Raymond has been making a name for himself as one of the most promising up-and-coming jazz musicians in the world. He has performed with some of the most well-respected names in jazz including Kurt Rosenwinkel, Billy Hart, Orrin Evans, Gilad Hekselman, and Linda Oh, among others. Raymond has released six albums since 2012, all of which have garnered critical acclaim from The New York Times, DownBeat magazine, JazzTimes, and others. He has been a featured artist at the Festival of New Trumpet Music and New York City’s Winter Jazz Fest, was interviewed by The Gospel Coalition and WBGO’s The Checkout program, and received the 2015 ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award. Raymond has also established himself as a sought-after educator as a guest clinician and soloist at schools around the world. He has presented multiple times at the Jazz Education Network national conference, and his two-part article “Developing the Entrepreneurial Mind: Teaching Students How to Bloom Where They’re Planted” was recently published by JAZZed magazine. Raymond’s frequent critical acclaim includes The New York Times naming him “a prepossessing young trumpet player,” and DownBeat commenting that, “Raymond is steering jazz in the right direction.” Raymond’s newest album, Real Feels Live, Vol. 2, was released in January 2019 on Sunnyside Records.

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