Terell Stafford

Jazz, Musical Artist

1966 –

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Who is Terell Stafford?

Terell Stafford is a professional jazz trumpet player and current Director of Jazz Studies at Temple University.

Terell Stafford was born in Miami, Florida, and raised in both Chicago, Illinois, and Silver Spring, Maryland. He went on to get a degree in music education from University of Maryland in 1988 and a degree in classical trumpet performance from Rutgers University in 1993. Originally a classical trumpet player, Stafford soon branched out to jazz with the University of Maryland jazz band.

His career in jazz soon picked up and has played with McCoy Tyner, Christian McBride, John Clayton, Steve Turre, Dave Valentin, and Russell Malone and on stages such as Carnegie Hall and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He recently released a CD entitled New Beginnings featuring a number of other new up-and-coming musicians such as bassist Derrick Hodge.

In addition to his position at Temple, Terell Stafford has also worked with the Juilliard School's jazz program, at the Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington program, and with the 2006 All-Alaska Jazz Band.

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Born
Nov 25, 1966
Miami
Also known as
  • Stafford, Terell
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Rutgers University
  • University of Maryland, College Park

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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