Brian Shaw Quintet with Special Guest Nick Smart

“Brian Shaw epitomizes the versatile twenty-first century trumpeter.”
– Elisa Koehler, Fanfares and Finesse

A native of Southern Illinois, Brian Shaw is Co-Principal Trumpet of the Dallas Winds and is Principal Trumpet of Santa Fe Pro Musica (NM), Spire Baroque Orchestra (Kansas City), and is a core member of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra. He is noted for his versatility, performing and recording regularly as a classical and jazz trumpeter on modern instruments and period instruments as well. He has released three recordings as a soloist, including the 2014 album redshift with the Dallas Winds. Brian is very active as an arranger and has just co-written a biography of jazz legend Kenny Wheeler, which was published by Equinox Books (UK) in February 2025. As a teacher, Dr. Shaw continues as guest instructor of Baroque trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and leads a robust private studio after leaving his former position as Professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at Louisiana State University, which he held for 15 years. He lives near Seattle with his wife, Lana, their sons, Thomas and Elliot, and dog Ernie.

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