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Terell Stafford
Terell Stafford is a professional jazz trumpet player and current Director of Jazz Studies at the Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University. Terell Stafford was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in both Chicago, Illinois, and Silver Spring, Maryland. He went on to get a degree in music education from University of Maryland in 1988 and a degree in classical trumpet performance from Rutgers University in 1991. Originally a classical trumpet player, Stafford soon branched out to jazz with the University of Maryland jazz band. His career in jazz soon picked up and has played with McCoy Tyner, Christian McBride, John Clayton, Steve Turre, Dave Valentin, and Russell Malone and on stages such as Carnegie Hall and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He recently released a CD entitled New Beginnings featuring a number of other new up-and-coming musicians such as bassist Derrick Hodge. In addition to his position at Temple, Stafford has also worked with the Juilliard School's jazz program, at the Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington program, and with the 2006 All-Alaska Jazz Band. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Lament (Live)
TMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble I
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U.M.M.G. (Upper Manhattan Medical Group)
Terell Strafford
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Hocus Pocus
Terell Stafford
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Candy
Terell Stafford
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Hey, It's Me You're Talking To (feat. Antonio Hart & Bill Cunliffe)
Terell Stafford

Albums

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Personalities

2022
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Fields of Gold (feat. Antonio Hart & Bill Cunliffe)

2000
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Luck Be a Lady: A Tribute to Frank

2017
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Winds of the Snowys

2018
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Centripetal Force

1997
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This Side of Strayhorn

2011
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Forgive and Forget

2016
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Time To Let Go

1995
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Brotherlee Love

2015
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Taking Chances: Live at the Dakota

2007

Videos

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Essentially Ellington 2018: Newton South High School - SST IX: The Star Crossed Lovers

Jazz at Lincoln Center's JAZZ ACADEMY • 17K views
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Black Orpheus - The Chamberlain Brass Quintet (Feat. Terell Stafford)

The Chamberlain Brass • 37K views
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Star-Crossed Lovers - Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

Williams College • 7.2K views
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Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn - Star-Crossed Lovers

CesarSaudade • 87K views
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2014 TMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble I - Lament

DrPatazaa • 1.1K views
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Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Terell Stafford 1999

Mr. Wolf • 3.3K views
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【Daahoud】Terell Stafford Trumpet solo (Transcription)inB♭

moon salt【Jazz Transcription】 • 10K views
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Terell Stafford Quintet Performs "Room 608" - Live at Jazz St. Louis

Jazz St. Louis • 1.5K views
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Terell Stafford Quintet feat. Mulgrew Miller - Taking a Chance on Love

uvisniyellow • 60K views
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Terell Stafford Quintet feat. Mulgrew Miller - Blues for J.T.

uvisniyellow • 82K views

Live performances