Alex Norris

Alex Norris is a New York trumpeter known for his work in the citys leading big bands and Latin jazz ensembles, including the Mingus Big Band, the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, and Ron Carters Great Big Band. He grew up in Columbia, Maryland, studied trumpet at the Peabody Conservatory on scholarship, and moved to New York in 1992. From 1994 to 1998 he played in Betty Carters Jazz Ahead, becoming its musical director in 1998, the final year of Carters life. As a sideman he has appeared on more than 100 recordings for labels such as Blue Note, Verve, Impulse, and SteepleChase. He has also served on the jazz studies faculty at the Peabody Conservatory.