Johnathan Powell

"After going through countless horns looking for the suitable match for my versatile needs, I found the Model 725 Cannonball Trumpet. From the first moment I played the horn I could hear the difference in the richness of it's tone compared to every other horn I'd tried. The impeccable slotting in the high register sealed the deal for me. It felt as though every horn I played before was a toy and finally I had experienced the real thing. My Bach has been in the closet ever since. Whether I'm on an intimate gig at the neighborhood jazz cafe or playing lead with an R&B group in a sports arena, it feels and sounds the way a trumpet should" ~ Johnathan Powell

Bio

Jonathan Powell; originally from Largo, Florida; was born into an extremely musical family and was motivated to pick up the trumpet at the age of eleven. Inspired by the great jazz trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong, Jonathan dedicated himself to music with an improvisational and creative goal. Though Jazz was his first love, he soon began shifting his musical tastes to North Indian Classical music, Drum'n'Bass, Hip Hop, Death Metal and 20th Century Classical Music. These new musical discoveries led Jonathan to study other musical instruments including the North Indian Tablas and electronic instruments including Samplers, Drum Machines and the Electronic Valve Instrument (EVI).

At 19 Jonathan made his exodus to New York City to find the musical oppurtunities he had been searching for. It wasn't long after he arrived that he began playing, touring and recording with world renowned musicians such as JT Taylor (Lead Vocalist of Kool & the Gang), Sam Rivers, Q-Tip, Andy Milne, Gary Thomas, Lenny White, Reggie Workman, Just Blaze, CL Smooth, Slick Rick and Snoop Dogg to name a few. Such collaborations earned him praise with top critics including Jazz Critic Nat Hentoff who wrote "Powell's crackling range and the electricity of his imagination reminded me of the first time I heard Lee Morgan and Clifford Brown. His voice is his own..." -JazzTimes (April 2003). Jonathan has since been working with up and coming artists and ground-breaking groups as Blitz the Ambassador, PPP, The Element, La Excelencia, The Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra, La Bola, Yayoi Ikawa and Beetroot.

Jonathan has toured the world playing in Japan, Europe, South America, and Africa and has performed on International TV at Madison Square Garden for the Latin Grammy's.

His ground-breaking debut record "Transcend" is due to be released in the summer of 2009. The music on the record is primarily Jonathan's original composition and encompasses the musical styles of Jazz Fusion, Rock, World Music, Hip-Hop and Death Metal.

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