WYCLIFFE GORDON & FRIENDS - BRYANT PARK PICNIC PERFORMANCE & JAZZMOBILE -

Musical ambassador and interpreter of America's music, Wycliffe Gordon has had a career touring the world performing hard-swinging, straight-ahead jazz, receiving acclaim from audiences and critics alike. His modern mastery of the plunger mute and his prodigious technique and signature sound has solidified Gordon a place in musical history as one of the top trombonists of his generation.

In addition to a successful solo career, Gordon tours regularly leading the Wycliffe Gordon Quartet, headlining at legendary jazz venues and performing arts centers throughout the world. Gordon is a veteran member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and has been a featured guest artist on Billy Taylor's "Jazz at the Kennedy Center" Series. Gordon's extensive performances include work with many of the most renowned jazz performers of the past and present.

A gifted composer and arranger, Gordon's recordings are a model of consistency and inspiration, resulting in thirteen solo CDs and seven co-leader CDs. Renowned jazz groups and organizations commission him frequently, and he boasts an extensive songbook of original compositions spanning the timbres of jazz music. Gordon is a Yamaha artist and endorses Greg Black mouthpieces.