Nate Birkey

Although a quintessentially west coast jazz musician, trumpeter/vocalist Nate Birkey is a Midwestern native given birth to in Indiana and raised in Colorado. Having a smooth, tenor tone of voice and pining trumpet audio Birkey pulls easy evaluations with “interesting college” luminaries such as for example Chet Baker, Kilometers Davis and Artwork Farmer. While, these referrals are justified, a nearer study of Birkey’s function reveals an understanding of post-bop, the “great American songbook”, and a knack for harmonically demanding unique compositions. Introduced towards the trumpet by his dad at age group 7, Birkey ultimately signed up for the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Later on, after a two yr stint at Seattle Pacific College or university, Birkey signed up for the College or university of California, Santa Barbera to complete out his music research. He is a regular existence within the Southern California jazz picture since. Birkey released Blue beneath the moniker from the Avant Gardeners in 1993 and later on shaped a quintet under his personal name liberating Indelibly You in 1997.