Brooklyn based jazz trumpet player Pablo Masis celebrates the release of his newest recording, "Thought and Memory", on BJU Records. BIO Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Pablo spent his childhood years in northern Arizona on the Navajo Indian Reservation before moving to Billings, Montana. He studied classical trumpet at Lawrence University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before moving to New Orleans and receiving a Masters Degree in Jazz Studies from the University of New Orleans. He attended the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Residency at the Kennedy Center in 2007 and also participated in the Banff Centre’s Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music in 2009. In 2009 he released his first album of original compositions, titled “Half Past”.

Pablo moved to New York City in 2009 and has become an active freelancer and educator. He has performed at New York venues including Joe’s Pub, The Blue Note, The Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Waldorf Astoria, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Irving Plaza, Littlefield, Shapeshifter Lab, and The Cornelia Street Cafe, among others. In 2012 Pablo released his second recording with a quintet of musicians from New York, titled “Intrinsic”.

After the release of “Intrinsic”, Pablo decided to pursue writing music for a smaller, more intimate ensemble. This, his third release, titled “Rubicon”, was released June 30th, 2014 and features five original compositions written for Trumpet/Bass/Drums.

Pablo has appeared across the United States and Europe including New York, Seattle, Portland, New Orleans, Washington DC, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Poland. Pablo has presented concerts and masterclasses at Rocky Mountain College, South Dakota State University, and Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

In February 2015 Pablo traveled to Kabul, Afghanistan where he was a guest artist with the Afghanistan National Institute of Music for their Winter Academy. Pablo began writing a three movement jazz suite during his time in Afghanistan that, along with four other compositions, became the focal point of his 2023 release, “Thought and Memory”, on the Brooklyn Jazz Underground record label.  www.pablomasis.net

Pablo Masis, trumpet/compositions - Gideon Forbes, alto saxophone - Aleksi Glick, guitar - Jeff Koch, bass - David Hawkins, drums

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