PETE MCGUINNESS
Genres: Big Band, Vocal Jazz, Post Bop • United States

Originally from West Hartford, Connecticut, Pete McGuinness has been an active New York City-based jazz musician since 1987. His creativity is expressed in many capacities…well-established NYC-based jazz trombonist, GRAMMY-nominated composer/arranger, award-winning jazz vocalist, and long time jazz educator. After his many years of studies, starting back as a teenager in the renowned Hall High School jazz program (West Hartford, CT),    going on to college studies at New England Conservatory and University of Miami (bachelor of music, 1986), and Manhattan School of Music (master of music, 1987), Pete quickly became involved in the NYC jazz scene. His credits as a jazz trombonist over the years are many, including performances with such jazz artists as Maria Schneider, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Heath, The Woody Herman Orchestra (dir. Frank Tibieri), Mike Holober’s “Gotham Jazz Orchestra”, Dave Pietro, the nonets of Mike Kaplan and Jim Cifelli, Manny O’Quendo’s “Libre” and read more...