The Jazz Gallery: Ryan Easter

The Jazz Gallery
1158 Broadway, 5th Fl.
New York, NY 10001

Sets at 7:30pm and 9:30pm

Ryan Easter – trumpet
Kaya Kulu – vocals
Ajani Nanabuluku – vocals
Alvira – vocals
Gervis Myles – vocals
Alfredo Colon – saxophone
Lomar Brown – saxophone
Victor Solano – saxophone
Brandon Volel – trumpet
Laura Bibbs – trumpet
Stephane Clement – trumpet
Elijah Micheaux – trumpet
Rashaan Salaam – trombone
Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson – trombone
Reginald Chapman Jr. – trombone
Roella Oloro – keys
Ben Sherman – guitar
Mwanzi Harriott – guitar
Curtis McPhatter Jr. – drums

The Trap Music Orchestra was founded by Ryan Easter in 2014, synchronizing the aural lineage of Black diasporic music around the modern library of the trap music branch of hip-hop, in the orchestral stye made legendary by greats such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Charles Mingus. Referencing everything from disco and Panamanian folk music, to Debussy and Earth, Wind, & Fire, the group immortalizes the ties of influence that weave throughout the music we listen to.