scott wilson — evi & trumpet

Scott Wilson is a Gerhard Baier Trumpet Artist, cofounder of On the One Records and currently heads the jazz studies program at the University of Florida. Wilson has served as Musical Director for Universal Studios Japan, principle staff composer for Grand Link World in Qingdao, China and has been a featured jazz trumpet soloist for Tokyo Disney Sea.

Wilson has served as an Artistic Director for Caleb Chapman’s Super Band in Utah (multiple Downbeat winners) and now serves as Artistic Director for the LakeShore Music jazz series at the Tempe Center for the Arts in Arizona. As a producer, in 2011 Wilson co-produced the “Earth Wind and Fire Tribute” album for the Sheldon Reynolds Project in Los Angeles. This release featured new interpretations of EWF’s timeless hits and showcased an all star cast of Hall of Fame song writers and Grammy Artists including Maurice White who co-wrote the album’s opening track “Feel Good.” In 2011 Warburton Mouthpieces released the Scott Wilson model trumpet mouthpiece that is aimed at achieving a more supportive and functional trumpet mouthpiece for young trumpet players.

Scott Wilson has performed and/or worked with numerous jazz artists including Benny Green, Wayne Bergeron, Stevie Wonder, Jeff Coffin, Rashawn Ross, Conrad Herwig, Wycliffe Gordon, Shelly Berg, Steve Smith, Greg Bissonette, Brian Bromberg, John Beasley, Sam Rivers, Peter Erskine, Eric Marienthal, Bobby Shew, Slide Hampton, Brandon Fields, John Pizzarelli and Ed Shaughnessy, to name a few.