Russell Gunn (born October 20, 1971 in Chicago) is an American contemporary jazz trumpeter.
He grew up in
East St. Louis, Illinois
East St. Louis is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is directly across the Mississippi River from Downtown St. Louis, Missouri and the Gateway Arch National Park. East St. Louis is in the Metro-East region of Southern Illinois. Once a b ...
playing trumpet. As a kid his musical interest was
hip hop, with
LL Cool J
James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, along ...
being his first music idol. His projects include a large ensemble called Bionic, which released an album called ''Krunk Jazz'', and his smaller group Electrik Butterfly.
Russell Gunn at All About Jazz
Discography
As leader
* 1995 - ''Young Gunn'' (Muse
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)
* 1997 - ''Gunn Fu'' (HighNote
HighNote Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Joe Fields with his son, Barney Fields, in 1997.
Joe Fields worked for Prestige Records in the 1960s, and in the 1970s founded Muse Records. After he sold Muse, he started the Highn ...
)
* 1998 - ''Young Gunn Plus'' (32 Jazz
32 Records was a record label established in 1995 by record producer Joel Dorn and attorney Robert Miller. Its 32 Jazz imprint released a successful series of compilation albums. It was named for Dorn's favorite sports number. It also released n ...
)
* 1999 - ''Love Requiem'' (HighNote)
* 1999 - ''Ethnomusicology, Vol. 1'' (Atlantic
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)
* 2000 - ''Smokin' Gunn'' (HighNote)
* 2001 - ''Ethnomusicology, Vol. 2'' ( Justin Time)
* 2002 - ''Blue on the D.L.'' (HighNote)
* 2003 - ''Ethnomusicology, Vol. 3'' (Justin Time)
* 2003 - ''Mood Swings'' (HighNote)
* 2004 - ''Ethnomusicology, Vol. 4: Live in Atlanta'' (Justin Time)
* 2006 - ''Russell Gunn Presents... Bionic: Krunk Jazz'' (Groid Music 001)
* 2007 - ''Russell Gunn Plays Miles'' (HighNote)
* 2008 - ''Love Stories'' (HighNote)
* 2010 - ''Ethnomusicology, Vol. 6: Return of Gunn Fu'' (Groid Music 002)
* 2013 - Russell Gunn & Elektrik Butterfly: ''Elektrik Funeral'' (Hot Shoe Music)
* 2016 - The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra: ''Le Mystere de Sirius (The Sirius Mystery)'' (Groid Music 003)
* 2018 - The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra: ''Get It How You Live'' ( Ropeadope)
* 2019 - The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra: ''Pyramids'' (Ropeadope)
* 2021 - The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra: ''The Sirius Mystery: Opus 4, No. 1'' P(Ropeadope)
As sideman and co-leader
* 1994 - Oliver Lake
Oliver Lake (born September 14, 1942) is an American jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, poet, and visual artist. He is known mainly for alto saxophone, but he also performs on soprano and flute. During the 1960s, Lake worked with the Black ...
: ''Dedicated to Dolphy'' (Black Saint
Black Saint and Soul Note are two affiliated Italian independent record labels. Since their conception in the 1970s, they have released albums from a variety of influential jazz musicians, particularly in the genre of free jazz.
History
Black S ...
)
* 1994 - Wynton Marsalis
Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Award ...
: ''Blood on the Fields
''Blood on the Fields'' is a two-and-a-half-hour jazz oratorio by Wynton Marsalis. It was commissioned by Lincoln Center and treats the history of slavery and its aftermath in the United States of America. The oratorio tells the story of two slav ...
'' (Columbia
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* Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America
Places North America Natural features
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)
* 1997 - Carlos Garnett: ''Under Nubian Skies'' (HighNotee)
* 1997 - Buckshot LeFonque: ''Music Evolution'' (Columbia)
References
External links
Russell Gunn's official website
Biography
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1971 births
Musicians from Chicago
People from East St. Louis, Illinois
Living people
American jazz trumpeters
American male trumpeters
Muse Records artists
Atlantic Records artists
HighNote Records artists
21st-century trumpeters
Jazz musicians from Illinois
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Buckshot LeFonque members
Justin Time Records artists
The Soultronics members