Cornerstone Jazz Series: Trumpeter Ted Chubb Jazz Quintet
Event Details
Trumpeter Ted Chubb will be accompanied by Bruce Williams on saxophone, Tom DeCarlo on bass, Oscar Perez on piano, and Carmen Intorre on drums.
This is a FREE concert. Registration is required at Eventbrite. https://bit.ly/foma-ted-chubb-june-2025
Presented by Metuchen Arts Council, Metuchen Library and Friends of Metuchen Arts. Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.
Bio: Over the past two decades Ted Chubb has developed into both a deeply expressive trumpeter and an inventive composer. He is both an accomplished bandleader and has served as sideman to an impressive list of NYC’s top musicians, including Winard Harper, Christian McBride, Wallace Roney, Billy Hart, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Antonio Hart, Houston Person, Charenee Wade, Norman Simmons, Don Braden, Vince Ector, Melissa Walker, Bruce Williams, Jerome Jennings, Oscar Perez, Mike Lee and Cecil Brooks III. He has performed at venues from NYC jazz clubs Smalls; Fat Cat, The Jazz Standard, and Dizzy’s at Jazz at Lincoln Center, to Jazz Festivals across North America, South America and Europe.
He is currently Adjunct Professor of Jazz Trumpet at Princeton University and continues to serve as JAZZ HOUSE KiDS in a curatorial and advisory role. He is a member of the artistic leadership team responsible for the Montclair Jazz Festival, curates Jazz at One at St. Paul’s Chapel NYC in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS and Trinity Church, and is on the advisory board for the Jersey City Jazz Festival. He has led tours, master classes and cultural exchange programs across the US, as well as, the globe including multiple tours to Peru and Bahrain.
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