Duke Jazz Ensemble featuring Michael Mossman on Trumpet

Michael Philip Mossman has been active on the international scene since the age of 17. Michael has recorded with his own groups and with a virtual "who's who" of the music industry. He was nominated for a 2013 Grammy Award for "Best Instrumental Arrangement" for his "Afro-Latin Ellington Suite." Mr.Mossman has composed and arranged music for the films "Bossa Nova" and "Chico and Rita," which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2012. His ballet "Beneath the Mask" was performed by Jon Faddis and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra with the Deeply Rooted Dance Company. His ballet, La Cova do Rey Cintolo premiered in 2010 in Mondoñedo, Spain. Mr. Mossman has conducted the Bilbao Symphonic Orchestra in Spain and has composed and arranged scores for the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Louisiana Philharmonic, the Tri-Cities Symphony, Joe Henderson's Grammy-winning Big Band album, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, the Charles Mingus Orchestra, Tito Puente, Mario Bauza, Slide Hampton and the Jazz Masters Orchestra, the WDR, HR, and NDR radio orchestras in Germany, and Ray Barretto's New World Spirit. Michael has played lead trumpet with the Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Orchestra, the Jimmy Heath Big Band, the Machito Orchestra, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Michel Camilo as well as on numerous Broadway shows.

Michael was signed at the age of 25 by Blue Note Records and recorded with the group OTB (Out of the Blue). He also was a member of the Horace Silver Quintet, Dizzy Gillespie's United Nation Orchestra, and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra directed by Jon Faddis. Michael has also been a key performer in Latin Jazz since his days with Machito. Mr. Mossman has performed and recorded with Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Chico O'Farrill, Ray Barretto, Daniel Ponce, Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Paquito D'Rivera, Bebo Valdez, and Michel Camilo (including a screen appearance in the motion picture "Two Much"). Michael is featured in director Fernando Trueba's highly acclaimed documentary on contemporary Latin Jazz, "Calle 54" as both performer and commentator. He also served as arranger and trumpet soloist for the legendary innovator of Latin Jazz, Mario Bauza, and his Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra.

Michael, a Yamaha Artist, is currently a professor at the Juilliard School, Queens College in New York City, and is a guest lecturer at Prince Claus Conservatory in the Netherlands. Michael's music is published by the Hal Leonard Corporation.