composer, trumpeter,
ensemble leader, educator
Equally fluent on trumpet and flugelhorn, Groder draws on the entire jazz tradition, as well as world music influences, to create compositions critics have called "Music not only for today, but also for tomorrow."

 

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Downbeat Magazine names 4-star rated Torque one of the Best CDs of 2007. Publico, the national daily newspaper of Portugal, names Torque #10 in the "Top Jazz CDs of 2007". Geoffrey Himes, critic for the Washington Post and  JazzTimes, nominates Torque as #8 in the "Top 10 CDs of 2007"
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New, high-quality MP3 downloads from AAJ Store, and downloads of full Brian Groder catalog, now available.

Jazz Podium, Netherlands, calls Brian "a musician with spotless technique."
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Videos with Jackson Krall, Albey Balgochian and others.   
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