Known for his work with jazz supergroup Snarky Puppy, Yayennings is a 4X GRAMMY Award winning musician and composer. He began playing trumpet in the small town of Grapevine, Texas at age 11 and became a professionally presentable trumpet player by age 15. Upon his move to Los Angeles in February of 2017, Jennings began composing for his own band, The Yayennings Quartet. He has two releases: The Yayennings Quartet "Scott Ave", and his latest release on GroundUp Music "Yayennings Vol. 2". Jay (aka Yayennings) still lives in Los Angeles, CA and is an adjunct professor teaching trumpet and jazz ensembles at Occidental College. He still continues to tour with Snarky Puppy as well as his own projects and does educational clinics all over the world.
Yayennings - trumpet
Jordan Perlson - drums
Ryan Conners - piano
Calvin Knowles - bass