Vincent Gardner (born October 31, 1972) is an American trombonist and composer. Gardner has released six albums on

SteepleChase Records SteepleChase Records is a jazz record company and label based in Copenhagen, Denmark. SteepleChase was founded in 1972 by Nils Winther, who was a student at Copenhagen University at the time. He began recording concerts at Jazzhus Montmartre, wh ...

and also performs and records in a group with his brother, trumpeter

Derrick Gardner Derrick Gardner (born June 3, 1965) is an American jazz trumpeter from Chicago, Illinois. Gardner began playing trumpet at the age of 9 in his hometown of Chicago. In 1991, he moved to New York City and played with groups such as the Count Ba ...

. He is the lead trombonist for the

Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz at Lincoln Center is part of Lincoln Center in New York City. The organization was founded in 1987 and opened at Time Warner Center in October 2004. Wynton Marsalis is the artistic director and the leader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orches ...

Orchestra.

Discography

As leader

* 2005: ''Elbow Room'' (SteepleChase) * 2006: ''The Good Book, Ch. 1'' (SteepleChase) * 2007: ''The Good Book, Ch. 2'' (SteepleChase) * 2008: ''Vin-Slidin' '' (SteepleChase) * 2009: ''Three-Five'' (SteepleChase) * 2012: ''The Good Book, Ch. 3'' (SteepleChase)

As sideman

* 1997: ''Blues for the New Millennium'',

Marcus Roberts Marthaniel "Marcus" Roberts (born August 7, 1963) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, and teacher. Early life Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind a ...

(Columbia) * 1998: ''New York in the Fifties'', Steve Allee (Alley Oop) * 1998: ''Priority Soul'', Brad Leali (Jazzworld.com) * 2000: ''Dear Louis'',

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(Verve) * 2001: ''All Rise'',

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Awar ...

(Sony Classical) * 2002: ''Reel Time'',

(Sony Classical) * 2003: ''Salt'',

Lizz Wright Elizabeth LaCharla Wright (born January 22, 1980) is an American jazz and gospel singer. Life and career Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia, one of three children and the daughter of a minister and the musical director of th ...

(Verve) * 2003: ''Slim Goodie'',

and the Jazz Prophets (Impact Music) * 2003: ''We Do it Different'', Frank Foster's Loud Minority Big Band (Mapleshade) * 2004: ''A Love Supreme'', Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (Palmetto) * 2005: ''Don't Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus'', Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (Palmetto) * 2005: ''Jam Session Vol. 20'', Vincent Gardner, Andre Hayward, Danny Kirkhum (SteepleChase) * 2006: ''Jam Session Vol. 23'', Vincent Gardner, Wycliffe Gordon, Conrad Herwig (SteepleChase) * 2008: ''A Ride to the Other Side'', Derrick Gardner and the Jazz Prophets (

Owl Studios Owl Studios is a jazz record label founded in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2005. In 2013 the label was sold and renamed Owl Music Group. History Founding Owl Studios was started in 2005 by Al Hall, an Indianapolis businessman, to promote local jazz ...

) * 2009: ''Echoes of Ethnicity'', Derrick Gardner and the Jazz Prophets + 2 (Owl Studios)

References

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