Chris at age 20, soloing after the legendary Gerry Mulligan on "Little Big Horn"  - with Gerry's Concert Jazz Band. The North Sea
​Jazz Festival, 1982. ​

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​Chris performing a trumpet solo on Duke Jordon's "Jordu" - a song closely associated
with the immortal Clifford Brown. The Valery Ponomarev BIg Band at Dizzy's Club in 2014 for our live CD... ​

​Some excerpts from my big-band arrangement of Tom Harrell's classic - "The Water's Edge", as performed here with the Diane Moser Band at Trumpets  in 2013. 
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​This was originally arranged for the 
Tom Harrell Big Band in 1999/2000.
​Although not included in this clip, the arrangement contains a sax soli section based on Tom's original flugelhorn solo. ​

​Chris as guest soloist "surprises"
Ismael "Pat" Quintana on a medley
​of Eddie Palmieri hits arranged by
​Barry Rogers -  including  'Puerto RIco" & "Adoracion". This is with the Jimmy Delgado band plus special guest trumpeter Luis "Perico" Ortiz.  After the initial trumpet solo by Chris, the entire trumpet section - including Perico, Manuel "Maneco" Ruiz, & Kevin Bryan all come out front for some trading....  
​Lehman College Ismael Quintana tribute concert - NYC 2009

​Chris' solo feature on "Yoko Mama" from the CD "Live in New York"
by Mike Longo & the NY State
of the Art Jazz Ensemble - NYC 2013

​A brief clip from a fun
Eddie Palmieri gig at
B B Kings in New York City - 2015
 

Testing the new Bach Stradivarious "Commercial" trumpet,
plus an audio clip of "The Mask" from my CD "Voyage Home".

​At the piano, Chris
demonstates his cool
reharmonization of Blue Bossa,
​a.k.a. "Blew Bossa"

​Teaching the "Jazz Improv Made Easy" course for adults at the New York Jazz Academy (NYJA) - 2012

​Practicing some musical ideas
on my AKAI EWI 4000
​(electric wind instrument) 

One more EWI video...
Working through the interesting harmonic twists of "Blew Bossa",
​my reworking of Kenny Dorham's classic "Blue Bossa"!