Internationally acclaimed and Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer Charlie Porter first cut his teeth on the New York jazz scene in the late ’90s, while simultaneously studying classical trumpet performance at The Juilliard School under the tutelage of famed trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis. Though he has a strong penchant for improvised music, Charlie has since delved into many projects from jazz and classical to Arabic, Indian, African, Australian Aboriginal and Korean music, seeking to find common ground among all "good music" and avoiding the pigeonholing of genre labels

Charlie has toured the world as a side-man and band-leader in jazz and also as a classical soloist and chamber musician, performing and recording with many notable musicians and groups over the last twenty years ranging from jazz greats including Joe Zawinul, Winard Harper, Mike Longo, Paquito D’Rivera, Ira Sullivan, Aaron Diehl, Mike Holober, Jimmy Greene, Jay Thomas, David Berger, Charli Persip and Chuck Israels

This performance is made possible, in part, with the support of Jazz Road, a national initiative of South Arts, which is funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation with additional support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Location: Sylvia Center for the Arts, 207 Prospect St, Bellingham, Washington 98227

Cost: $20 general, $10 students

Lineup: Charlie Porter, trumpet

Nick Biello, saxophones

George Colligan, piano

Garrett Baxter, bass

Alan Jones, drums

Website: www.charlieportermusic.com/

Covid Policy: Masks are recommended. You must provide Proof of Vaccination or Negative (48 hrs) test results at the door to attend Jazz Center concerts. Policies are subject to change in accordance with all Washington State Health and Safety guidelines.

Tickets at the door after 6PM. Doors at 6:30. First come, first seated. Program subject to change.