Tom Harrell

American composer, arranger, jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist

Born: 16 June 1946
Urbana
Country: United States
Active: 1969–
Record labels: Contemporary Records, Criss Cross Jazz
Discography: 39 albums

Biography

Tom Harrell is a jazz musician who plays trumpet. Tom Harrell was born on 16 June 1946 in Urbana. The music is usually filed under jazz and free jazz. Record labels: Contemporary Records and Criss Cross Jazz. The discography here lists 39 albums, from “Aurora” (1976) to “Alternate Summer” (2024).

Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by Jazz Journalists Association, Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including multiple Trumpeter of the Year awards from DownBeat magazine, SESAC Jazz Award, BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) Composers Award, and Prix Oscar du Jazz. He received a Grammy Award nomination for his big band album, Time's Mirror.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Aurora 1976 · Adamo Records and Tapes

Look to the Sky 1979 · SteepleChase

Cornerstone 1984 · Sea Breeze

Play of Light 1986 · Blackhawk Records Stories 1988 Sail Away 1989 · Contemporary Form 1990 · Contemporary Moon And Sand 1991 · Jazz Aux Remparts

Sail Away 1991 · Live

Visions 1991 Passages 1992 · Chesky Records Upswing 1993 · Chesky Records Labyrinth 1996 · RCA Victor The Art of Rhythm 1998 · RCA Victor Time's Mirror 1999 · RCA Victor Paradise 2001 · Bluebird

Headin' Home 2002

Live at the Village Vanguard 2002 · Live

Wise Children 2003 · Bluebird Humanity 2007 · Abeat Light On 2007 · HighNote Records The Auditorium Session 2008 · Parco della Musica Records

The Cube 2008

Prana Dance 2009 · High Note Records

Roman Nights 2010

The Time of the Sun 2011 · HighNote Records Number Five 2012 · HighNote Records Colors of a Dream 2013 · HighNote Records Trip 2014 · HighNote Records

Behind the Sky 2015

First Impressions 2015 · HighNote Records First Impressions 2015 · High Note Records Something Gold, Something Blue 2016 · HighNote Records

Trumpet Summit, Philharmonie de Paris 16.04.2016 2016

Moving Picture 2017 · HighNote Records

Common Practice 2019 · Live

Infinity 2019 · HighNote Records Oak Tree 2022 · HighNote Records, Inc. Alternate Summer 2024 · HighNote Records

Also plays on

Albums where Tom Harrell is credited as a sideman

1971	Brand New — Woody Herman	trumpet
1972	My Time — Boz Scaggs	horn
1975	Silver 'n Brass — Horace Silver	trumpet
1975	Venusian Summer — Lenny White	synthesizer, flugelhorn
1975	House of the Rising Sun — Idris Muhammad	trumpet, arranger
1976	Silver 'N Wood — Horace Silver	trumpet
1978	Silver'n Percussion — Horace Silver	brass
1980	Satisfaction Guaranteed — Mark Murphy	trumpet
1982	The Artistry Of Mark Murphy — Mark Murphy	flugelhorn, trumpet
1983	Polyglot — Eje Thelin	brass
1987	Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet — Dizzy Gillespie, The Phil Woods Quintet	brass
1991	I Remember You — Philip Catherine Trio featuring Tom Harrell and Hein van de Geyn	flugelhorn
1991	The Little Big Band: Real Life — Phil Woods	flugelhorn, trumpet
1991	Clear out of this World — Helen Merrill	brass
1992	Walk on the Water — Gerry Mulligan	trumpet
1992	Moods, Volume 1 — Philip Catherine	brass
1992	Moods, Volume 2 — Philip Catherine	brass
1993	We Will Meet Again — Bill Evans	trumpet
1993	It's Got to Be Funky — Horace Silver	trumpet
1994	The Company I Keep — Art Farmer meets Tom Harrell	brass
1994	Real Book — Steve Swallow	brass
1995	Dialogues — Jim Hall	flugelhorn
1998	By Arrangement — Jim Hall	flugelhorn
2003	Little Song — Sheila Jordan	flugelhorn, trumpet
2003	Timeless — Mark Murphy	flugelhorn, trumpet
2006	Phil Woods & Tom Harrell — Phil Woods	flugelhorn, trumpet
2007	Glow — Dhafer Youssef & Wolfgang Muthspiel	trumpet
2009	Finger Poppin' — Joey DeFrancesco	flugelhorn
—	Time to Smile — Steve Grossman with Elvin Jones, Willie Pickens, Cecil McBee	brass