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Since taking up the trumpet at age twelve in his hometown of Lafayette, LA, Summit Recording artist Graham Breedlove has performed on four continents in more than twenty countries, with headliners representing more than one hundred Grammy nominations. Among these: The Saturday Night Live Band, Ray Charles, Wynton Marsalis, Ramsey Lewis, Mariah Carey, and Doc Severinsen. The Graham Breedlove Quintet has appeared regularly at the Kennedy Center and was invited by the Obama administration to perform at the White House. For nearly thirty years, Professor Breedlove was a trumpet soloist with the Army Blues jazz ensemble, part of The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” in Washington, DC, and he appeared as a soloist, composer/arranger, or lead player on seven recordings with the Army Blues. Professor Breedlove has presented clinics, masterclasses, and has appeared as a guest soloist at colleges and universities across the country, and he is a member of the jazz faculty at George Mason University. Professor Breedlove holds the Bachelor of Music from Louisiana State University, the Master of Music and Performer’s Certificate from Indiana University, and has studied with world famous masters David Baker, Alvin Batiste, Byron Stripling, and Stephen Burns. He is an endorsing artist for Conn-Selmer Corporation and TrumCor mutes and plays a vintage Bach trumpet and TrumCor’s hand-crafted mutes exclusively.