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Bell Thompson

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NYC 🎺✨ Trumpet Player and Composer 💿“Most Prized” out now!!
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"Most Prized" is out today!! Yay! You can listen to my new album on Bandcamp, or on streaming 🥳 "Most Prized", is a musical love letter to the friendships, mentors, and community I found while living in Philadelphia. Evan Kappelman - tenor sax Tim Brey - piano Dan McCain - bass Maria Marmarou - drums Jillian Ashcraft - voice Mixing and Mastering by Ben Mini Recording by Justin Bartlett I especially want to thank my teachers/mentors Greg Kettinger, Bruce Barth, and Dick Oatts for encouraging me to write this music. I hope you'll check it out! Link in my bio.
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2 months ago
Looking forward to playing at @katosakeworks on Friday May 15th from 7:00pm - 9:00pm with these incredible musicians! Come hang ☺️🎶🎺
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10 days ago
Writing music for the girls 🎀 Some higlights from our women in jazz composer showcase a few weeks ago! We had some fantastic writers in the room. Thank you @creativephl ! Hopefully we can make it an annual thing 👀 reach out to me if you would like to be featured next year! Tunes in the clips: • New Yorker Step @jiheenycpianist • A Big Day at the Park by @belltpt • Une Femme D’un Certain Âge by me • Postured by @atenzia.zia • Cutie Standard by @belltpt
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15 days ago
You guys!! I’m getting so excited for this one 🤩 I’ve always wanted to curate a show that highlights women composers in jazz and now it’s happening! 3 sets of original music, all written by women in jazz? Yes please 💁‍♀️ Swipe to learn more about the composers. You really won’t want to miss this one! @blacksquirrelclub April 23 • 7:30 PM Funded by @creativephl 's Philly Jazz Month Grant @jiheenycpianist , piano @sandyeldredbass , bass @larryshawdrums , drums
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1 month ago
Monday!! Looking forward to playing with these killing musicians 🫶🏻! Come hang 😝 and bring your instrument for the jam session!! ☺️🎶
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1 month ago
It’s Jazz Appreciation Month!! Thanks to a grant from @creativephl we’re celebrating with a women in jazz composer showcase! Join us at the @blacksquirrelclub on April 23rd for a night of all original music by @lorasherroddmusic @atenzia.zia and @belltpt . Come on out! @jiheenycpianist 🎹 @sandyeldredbass 🎻 @larryshawdrums 🥁
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1 month ago
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 3rd my album “Most Prized” is coming out on Bandcamp and streaming AND we are playing at Fiction at 9:00pm to celebrate! Yayyy Album featuring: @evankjazz @timbreymusic @drummingsquirrel @jillian.ashcraft Dan McCain 3/3 Fiction Performance Featuring: @shotarenwick @haaaannah.m @doublebassbias @drewdeur @fictionbar.cafe #livejazz #nyc #trumpet
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2 months ago
Looking forward to playing at Fiction on Tues 3/3! We'll be playing tunes from my upcoming release "Most Prized", and more! Bring your instrument and come play with us in the jam session 🥳🎶 Hope to see you there!! 🫶🏻
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2 months ago
"Most Prized", my upcoming release, is a musical love letter to the friendships, mentors, and community I found while living in Philadelphia. Available for pre-order now on Bandcamp! AND you can listen to the first track, "Late August", right now on Bandcamp as well!! Link in my bio. I feel so lucky to have gotten to record with such a killing band! I hope you'll check it out. More to come soon! ❤️☺️ Bell Thompson - trumpet and compositions Evan Kappelman (@evankjazz ) - tenor sax Tim Brey (@timbreymusic ) - piano Dan McCain - bass Maria Marmarou (@drummingsquirrel ) - drums Jillian Ashcraft (@jillian.ashcraft ) - vocals Mixed and Mastered by Ben Mini (@ben_mini_music ) Recorded by Justin Bartlett (@_justin_bartlett ) Photos by Victoria Wilcox (@torian.studios ) Album Art by Steve Thompson
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3 months ago
A little bit of my composition "we are just girls in this world :)" at @brotherswashanddry from November! 😱😝 featuring my amazing band @kayladarthur @haaaannah.m @_arturovaldez @drewdeur !!!
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4 months ago
Tomorrow (Saturday 11/15) I'm playing a short set at 7pm at @brotherswashanddry with my band featuring: Kayla Arthur (@kayladarthur )- voice Hannah Mayer (@haaaannah.m ) - piano Arturo Valdez (@_arturovaldez ) - bass Drew Deur (@drewdeur ) - drums Thank you @yoohurd for putting the bill together! Then at 9pm I'm playing with @_sundate_ @vic_escobar_ at @filthydiamondbk !! It's a big evening haha, come hang! 🫶🏻🎶☺️
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6 months ago
I had so much fun playing in @roellaoloromusic 's quartet at the 96th St Clay Tennis Courts a few weeks ago!! This is a little bit of my solo over Roella's composition, "Can't Let Go"! @roellaoloromusic - piano and composition @belltpt - trumpet @_arturovaldez - bass @imsammccarthy - drums
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8 months ago