Matt Cappy

Matt Cappy is a trumpeter, composer, and arranger whose horn has anchored recordings and stages across jazz, R&B, hip-hop, and gospel. A graduate of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, he became a first-call sideman, touring with Jill Scott, Maxwell, The Roots, Queen Latifah, Patti LaBelle, and Jay-Z, and lending his trumpet to studio work including Michael Jackson's "Butterflies" and Earth, Wind & Fire's "Elevated." His playing appears on several Grammy and Latin Grammy winning albums, among them Kirk Franklin's The Fight of My Life, John Legend and The Roots' Wake Up!, and Alejandro Sanz's Sirope. A Yamaha Performing Artist and Ropeadope recording artist, he released his debut solo album Church and State in June 2017. He leads the Matt Cappy Quintet in New York.