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Looking forward to playing at @katosakeworks this Friday, September 11th 7:00pm - 9:00pm with an incredible band featuring @haaaannah.m , @_arturovaldez , and @chrisstomppgarriga ! Come have a drink and hang with us!! 🎶✨🎺
It was sooo awesome to play with @noahkahanmusic and the band at Citi Field in Queens this weekend!!! 🤩 I am so grateful for this experience, and to get to play alongside @lauraoskimusic and @chillthrill89 in the horn section!! 🫶🏻🎺🎷
Big huge thank you to @nina.dv @actuallydylanjones and everyone who works as a part of the Great Divide Tour - I felt so lucky to see such an amazing team in action!✨
Let’s go bugs!! 🎶🐞🐛🪲🎶
Looking forward to playing with these incredible musicians next week!
Both dates have a session after!! All instruments and vocalists are welcome ☺️
See you out there! 🎺✨
Seattle!! I’m looking forward to performing at @oxbow_montlake Friday, July 10th from 4:30pm - 6:30pm with these incredible musicians!
We’re going to be playing the music from my album, “Most Prized”, that was released in March, as well as some of my favorite jazz standards.
I hope to see you there! 🎶🎺🥳
Looking forward to playing at @katosakeworks on Friday May 15th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm with these incredible musicians! Come hang ☺️🎶🎺
Monday!! Looking forward to playing with these killing musicians 🫶🏻! Come hang 😝 and bring your instrument for the jam session!! ☺️🎶
"Most Prized" is out today!! Yay! You can listen to my new album on Bandcamp, or on streaming 🥳
"Most Prized", is a musical love letter to the friendships, mentors, and community I found while living in Philadelphia.
Evan Kappelman - tenor sax
Tim Brey - piano
Dan McCain - bass
Maria Marmarou - drums
Jillian Ashcraft - voice
Mixing and Mastering by Ben Mini
Recording by Justin Bartlett
I especially want to thank my teachers/mentors Greg Kettinger, Bruce Barth, and Dick Oatts for encouraging me to write this music.
I hope you'll check it out! Link in my bio.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3rd my album “Most Prized” is coming out on Bandcamp and streaming AND we are playing at Fiction at 9:00pm to celebrate! Yayyy
Album featuring: @evankjazz @timbreymusic @drummingsquirrel @jillian.ashcraft Dan McCain
3/3 Fiction Performance Featuring: @shotarenwick @haaaannah.m @doublebassbias @drewdeur @fictionbar.cafe
#livejazz #nyc #trumpet
Looking forward to playing at Fiction on Tues 3/3!
We'll be playing tunes from my upcoming release "Most Prized", and more! Bring your instrument and come play with us in the jam session 🥳🎶
Hope to see you there!! 🫶🏻

"Most Prized", my upcoming release, is a musical love letter to the friendships, mentors, and community I found while living in Philadelphia.
Available for pre-order now on Bandcamp! AND you can listen to the first track, "Late August", right now on Bandcamp as well!! Link in my bio.
I feel so lucky to have gotten to record with such a killing band! I hope you'll check it out. More to come soon! ❤️☺️
Bell Thompson - trumpet and compositions
Evan Kappelman (@evankjazz ) - tenor sax
Tim Brey (@timbreymusic ) - piano
Dan McCain - bass
Maria Marmarou (@drummingsquirrel ) - drums
Jillian Ashcraft (@jillian.ashcraft ) - vocals
Mixed and Mastered by Ben Mini (@ben_mini_music )
Recorded by Justin Bartlett (@_justin_bartlett )
Photos by Victoria Wilcox (@torian.studios )
Album Art by Steve Thompson