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Jeremy Pelt

b. 1976

American jazz trumpeter

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About Jeremy Pelt

Born 1976. Jeremy Pelt is an American trumpeter.

Jeremy Pelt (born November 4, 1976, in California) is an American jazz trumpeter.

Career Pelt studied classical trumpet as a child and focused on jazz after playing in a high school jazz ensemble. He studied at Berklee College of Music. Among those he has performed with are Ravi Coltrane, Roy Hargrove, Greg Osby, and Cassandra Wilson.

Discography As leader Profile (Fresh Sound, 2002) Insight (Criss Cross, 2003) Close to My Heart (Maxjazz, 2003) Identity (Maxjazz, 2005) Shock Value: Live at Smoke (Maxjazz, 2007) November (Maxjazz, 2008) Men of Honor (HighNote, 2010) The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote, 2011) Soul (HighNote, 2012) Water and Earth (HighNote, 2013) Face Forward, Jeremy (HighNote, 2014) Tales, Musings and Other Reveries (HighNote, 2015) Jiveculture (HighNote, 2016) High Art (HighNote, 2016) The Co-Op (Brown Brothers Recordings, 2017) Make Noise! (HighNote, 2017) Noir En Rouge: Live in Paris (HighNote, 2018) Jubilation! Celebrating Cannonball Adderley (Savant, 2018) - with Jim Snidero The Artist (HighNote, 2019) The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 1 (HighNote, 2020) Griot: This is Important! (HighNote, 2021) Soundtrack (HighNote, 2022) The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 2: His Muse (HighNote, 2023) Tomorrow is Another Day (HighNote, 2024) Woven (HighNote, 2025) Our Community Will Not Be Erased (HighNote, 2026)

As sideman With David Chesky Jazz in the New Harmonic (Chesky, 2013) Primal Scream (Chesky, 2015)

With Gerald Cleaver Gerald Cleaver's Detroit (Fresh Sound, 2007) Live at Firehouse 12 (Sunnyside, 2019)

With Wayne Escoffery Intuition (Nagel Heyer, 2004) Vortex (Sunnyside, 2018)

With Louis Hayes Maximum Firepower (Savant, 2006) Live at Cory Weed's Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live, 2014)

With Vincent Herring Change the World (MusicMasters/BMG, 1997) All Too Real (HighNote, 2003) Mr. Wizard (HighNote, 2004) Ends and Means (HighNote, 2005) Night and Day (Smoke Sessions, 2015)

With Mike LeDonne FiveLive (Savant, 2008) AwwlRIGHT! (Savant, 2015)

With Rene Marie Vertigo (Maxjazz, 2001) Serene Renegade (Maxjazz, 2004)

With Mingus Big Band Tonight at Noon...Three or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002) I Am Three (Sunnyside, 2005)

With Ralph Peterson Jr. The Art of War (Criss Cross, 2001) Subliminal Seduction (Criss Cross, 2002) Tests of Time (Criss Cross, 2003)

With Lonnie Plaxico Melange (Blue Note, 2001) Rhythm & Soul (Sirocco Music, 2003) Live at the Zinc Bar (Plaxmusic, 2007)

With Jim Snidero Jubilation! (Savant, 2018) Waves of Calm (Savant, 2019)

With Soulive Doin' Something (Blue Note, 2001) Steady Groovin (Blue Note, 2005) – compilation

With Gerald Wilson In My Time (Mack Avenue, 2005) Legacy (Mack Avenue, 2011)

With others Eric Alexander, Chicago Fire (HighNote, 2014) J. D. Allen, Pharoah's Children (Criss Cross, 2001) Ben Allison, Layers of the City (Sonic Camera, 2017) Roni Ben-Hur, Keepin' It Open (Motema, 2007) Roxy Coss, Restless Idealism (Origin, 2016) Dena DeRose, We Won't Forget You (HighNote, 2014) David Finck, Future Day (Soundbrush, 2007) Al Foster, Inspirations & Dedications (Smoke Sessions, 2019) Frank Foster, We Do It Diff'rent (Mapleshade, 2002) Jared Gold, Reemergence (Strikezone 2018) Noah Haidu, Infinite Distances (Cellar Live, 2017) Kathy Kosins, Vintage (Mahogany, 2005) Harold Mabern, Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions, 2015) Lewis Nash, The Highest Mountain (Cellar Live, 2012) John L. Nelson, Don't Play with Love (Maken It Music, 2018) Jaleel Shaw, Optimism (Changu, 2008) Connie Han (Iron Starlet, 2020 Wayne Shorter, Alegria (Verve, 2003) Jarek Smietana & Gary Bartz, African Lake (Starling, 2000) Somi, Red Soil in My Eyes (World Village, 2007) Baptiste Trotignon, Suite (Naive, 2009) Camille Thurman, Waiting for the Sunrise (Chesky, 2018) Cedar Walton, Seasoned Wood (HighNote, 2008) World Saxophone Quartet, Political Blues (Justin Time, 2006)

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Berklee College of Music

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jeremy Pelt?

American jazz trumpeter

When was Jeremy Pelt born?

Jeremy Pelt was born on 4 November 1976 in California.

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Jeremy Pelt is a trumpeter.

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Jeremy Pelt is American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jeremy Pelt

· Wikidata: Q1687614

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