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Winner of the 2006 International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition, and the 2004 National Trumpet Jazz Competition, Jean Caze has emerged as one of today’s most beautiful new voices in jazz. Jean has performed and/or recorded with Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Michael Bublé, Mariah Carey, Al Jarreau, Roy Hargrove, Arturo Sandoval, and George Duke to name a few. 


Growing up in Queens, New York, Jean began playing the trumpet at age nine and says, "It took three days to get any sound at all out of it". He went on to be awarded numerous scholarships while attending some of the country's top musical institutions, including the Julliard MAP (Music Advancement Program) where he received his first formal training and the Queens College CPSM (Center for Preparatory Studies in Music) program.  
Jean’s diverse musical abilities continued to win him numerous awards and recognition, including a free trumpet from VH1’s Save the Music program while in Junior High School, and then a chance to perform with the elite Grammy High School Jazz Band during the 2000 Grammy Awards ceremony. In his senior year, Caze made his debut on national television, performing with the legendary rock group “Chicago” live on NBC from Rockefeller Center. 

One of Jean's many scholarships led him to the prestigious Manhattan School of Music where he completed his Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance in 2004. While earning his Master degree in music from Florida International University, Jean released his first self-produced album entitled "Miami Jazz Scene". Before completing his graduate studies at F.I.U., the Haitian-born trumpeter won second place in the prestigious 2007 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition. 

In 2010, Jean accepted a position in Michael Bublé's touring band, performing as a featured soloist in sold out arenas all over the world. In 2014, Jean officially became a Yamaha artist. In December of 2015, Jean released his second self-produced album, "Amédé" where he mixed his Haitian roots with his American background. Jean has received abundant praise from critics, peers and jazz enthusiasts alike, who hail him as a "True Improviser". Though his roots are solidly planted in jazz, Jean can flawlessly switch between genres. “Strong, and unexpectedly diverse, Mr. Caze confidently evoked Miles Davis on a pensive ballad, “Old Folks,” and a brisk anthem, “My Shining Hour.” -Nate Chinen, The New York Times 

Jean performs comfortably as a solo artist alongside a DJ or as a leader in his jazz combo configurations.

 

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SONG LIST

Jazz

After You’ve Gone

Airegin

All Blues

All My Tomorrows

All of Me

All the Things You Are

Alone Together

Au Privave

Autumn Leaves

Bags Groove

Bernie’s Tune

Besame Mucho

Billie’s Bounce

Blue Bossa

Blue Moon 

Blue Monk

Blues March

Body and Soul

Bolivia

But Not For Me

Bye Bye Blackbird

C Jam Blues

Cantaloupe Island 

Caravan

Cherokee

The Chicken

Come Rain or Come Shine

Confirmation 

Dark Waters

Darn That Dream

Fantasy In D

Faith

Fee Fi Fo Fum

Feel Like Makin Love

Fly Me To The Moon

Footprints

Four

Freddie Freeloader

Giant Steps

The Girl From Ipanema

Groovin’ High

Have You Met Miss Jones

How High The Moon

I Can’t Get Started 

I Can’t Help It

I Got Rhythm

I Love You

I Thought About You

I’ll Remember April

If I Were a Bell

Impressions

In A Mellow Tone

Invitation

It Could Happen To You

It Don’t Mean a Thing

Jeanine

Joy Spring 

Just Friends

Killer Joe

Lady Bird

Laura

Let’s Stay Together

Little Sunflower

Look to the Sky

Mercy Mercy Mercy

Milestones

Monitory

Misty

Moment’s Notice

Mr P.C.

My Favorite Things

My Funny Valentine

My Little Suede Shoes

My One and Only Love

My Romance

My Shinning Hour

Naima

Nardis

Nearness of You

Night and Day

Night in Tunisia

Nows the Time

Old Folks

Oleo

On Green Dolphin Street 

One Finger Snap

Ornithology

Out of Nowhere

Pentup House

Perdido

Recordable

Regardless

Rhythm a ning

Sandu

Satin Doll

September in the Rain

Sidewinder

Skylark

So What 

Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise

Solar

Someday My Prince 

Sparks 

St Thomas

Stablemates

Stella By Starlight

Stompin’ at the Savoy

Straight No Chaser

Take the A Train

There Is No Greater Love

There Will Never Be Another You

Triste

Tune Up

Up Jumped Spring

Voyage

Watermelon Man 

The Way You Look Tonight

Ureaus

What is This Thing Called Love

When Sunny Gets Blue

When the Saints Go Marching In

Whisper Not

Yardbird Suite

Yesterday’s

You Stepped Out of a Dream

You’re My Everything


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