Artist
Etienne Charles
- From Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Formed 1983
- Type Solo artist
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Bio
Etienne Charles is a Trinidad-born trumpeter, percussionist and composer known for a lush trumpet sound and compositions that draw on Caribbean folk traditions and diaspora histories. A 2015 Guggenheim Fellow and 2022 Creative Capital Awardee, he creates immersive multidisciplinary works blending composition, improvisation, dance, film and spoken word. He serves as an associate professor of jazz at the University of Miami's Frost School of Music