Brad Upton
{{short description|American jazz musician}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Brad Upton
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1952}}
| birth_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
| genre = Jazz
| instruments = Trumpet
}}
Early life and education
Upton was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. As a child, he studied piano and trumpet. He attended the Berklee College of Music from 1969 to 1971.{{Cite web |date=2010-02-08 |title=BRAD UPTON |url=http://www.blackorchidmusic.com/artist_bupton.html |access-date=2022-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208224616/http://www.blackorchidmusic.com/artist_bupton.html |archive-date=2010-02-08 }}
Career
After leaving Berklee, Upton moved to New York City, where he worked as an arranger and composer for Lionel Hampton, Chet Baker, the Bob Mover Quintet, and Tito Puente. Upton moved to Boulder, Colorado, in 1983. In Boulder, Upton studied meditation practices under Chögyam Trungpa.{{Cite book |last=Trungpa |first=Chogyam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTw8DwAAQBAJ&dq=Brad+Upton+boulder&pg=PA135 |title=The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume 9: True Command - Glimpses of Realization - Shambhala Warrior Slogans - The Teacup and the Skullcup - Smile at Fear - The Mishap Lineage - Selected Writings |date=2017-11-14 |publisher=Shambhala Publications |isbn=978-0-8348-4104-8 |language=en}} He received two grants from the Boulder Arts Commission, which he used to continue composing jazz music.{{Cite web |date=2019-06-28 |title=Brad Upton Quartet |url=https://www.wmky.org/arts-culture/2019-06-28/brad-upton-quartet |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=Morehead State Public Radio {{!}} WMKY |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=In The Spotlight - August 2002 - Brad Upton |url=https://www.jazzmonthly.com/artists/Upton_Brad/interviews/BradUpton.htm |access-date=2022-06-25 |website=www.jazzmonthly.com}}
Discography
- Black Orchid (1999)
- Sweetness (1999)
- Dragon (2002)
- Lionheart (2003)
External links
- Short Biography [https://web.archive.org/web/20100208224616/http://www.blackorchidmusic.com/artist_bupton.html Biography Black Orchid Music Website]
- To listen your music [http://www.blackorchidmusic.com/ Songs Black Orchid Music Website]
- More about your discography [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p434128|pure_url=yes}} All Music Guide]
References
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Category:American jazz trumpeters
Category:American male trumpeters
Category:Jazz musicians from Michigan
Category:21st-century American trumpeters
Category:21st-century American male musicians
Category:American male jazz musicians
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Category:Musicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan