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-lsb- http://www.farnellnewton.com/ www.farnellnewton.com -rsb- mike soul train awards phillips , ricardo lemvo , luis conte , diatic records farnell newton
 non_vocal_instrumentalist trumpet 21 march 1977 jazz miami , florida , us farnell newton musician , bandleader , educator
farnell newton

farnell newton -lrb- born march 21 , 1977 -rrb- is a composer and trumpeter .
he was born in miami , florida .
he moved to philadelphia in 1992 , where he attended the philadelphia high school for creative and performing arts .
while in philadelphia , newton also studied with his uncle , saxophonist/arranger conny murray and from his uncle sunny murray , who was one of the early avant garde 's most inventive and influential drummers .
newton graduated from the denver school of the arts after moving to denver in 1994 and then moved to ohio to study at the oberlin conservatory of music .
at oberlin , newton studied music performance with an emphasis in jazz with wendell logan and trumpeter kenny davis .
newton performed with aretha franklin , james moody , muhal richard abrams , and hugh ragin while at oberlin .
after graduating from oberlin , newton moved to portland , oregon , where he performed regularly with billy hart , pete krebs , willy vlautin , and ricardo lemvo .
