New York City-based trumpeter, composer, arranger, and producer Keyon Harrold is a talented jazz artist whose adept skills have found him working across various genres from acoustic post-bop to hip-hop and R&B. Since graduating from the Mannes Jazz Program at New York's New School, he has balanced his time between recording his own albums and touring with jazz artists like trumpeter (and longtime mentor) Charles Tolliver, saxophonist James Carter, and veteran organ giant Dr. Lonnie Smith, as well as R&B and hip-hop artists like Common, Jay-Z, and Erykah Badu. His leader debut, Introducing Keyon Harrold appeared in 2009 and was followed by 2017's collaboration rich Mugician, and 2024's star-studded Foreverland. ~ Matt Collar