The Jazz Gallery: Trap Music Orchestra Monthly Residency

1158 Broadway, 5th floor
(entrance on 27th st)
New York NY 10001

Ryan Easter – conductor
Brandon Volel, Akili Bradley, Steph Clement, Elijah Michaeux – trumpets
Rashaan Alexander, Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson, I’Vre Cooper – trombones
Luke Waldron, Lomar Brown, Jaedon Alvira, Ben Sherman, Victor Solano – saxophones
Alana Amore Colvin – guitar
Gervis Myles – bass
CJ McPhatter, Jr. – drums
Roella Oloro, Ajani Nanabuluki – keys
Kaya Kulu – vocals

The Trap Music Orchestra was founded by Ryan Easter in 2014, synchronizing the aural lineage of Black diasporic music around the modern library of the trap music branch of hip-hop, in the orchestral stye made legendary by greats such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Charles Mingus. Referencing everything from disco and Panamanian folk music, to Debussy and Earth, Wind, & Fire, the group immortalizes the ties of influence that weave throughout the music we listen to.