Trumpeter Jack Walrath is well known for his work in the groups of Charles Mingus, Ray Charles, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sam Rivers, Charli Persip, Mike Clark, and Craig Harris. Aside from playing and arranging for others, he has released 22 albums as a leader, for Blue Note, Muse, SteepleChase and other labels. As a composer, he has worked in film and television, while earning grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, and fielding commissions for ensembles of all sizes. This concert features his engaging small group that shares a name with his 1987 Grammy-nominated Blue Note release, “Masters of Suspense.”

This event is free and open to the public!

This event will also stream on the Jazz Foundation and Jazz Museum Facebook pages and the Museum YouTube Channel.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and by the Howard Gilman Foundation.