Irvin Mayfield
| Irvin Mayfield | |
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| Background information | |
| Born |
December 23, 1977 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, educator |
| Instruments | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Labels | Basin Street, Half Note |
| Associated acts | Los Hombres Calientes, Eric Reed, Bill Summers, Michael White |
| Notable instruments | |
| B937 24-karat gold trumpet by Monette Instruments | |
Irvin Mayfield, Jr. (born December 23, 1977) is an American trumpeter who leads the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.
Irvin Mayfield, Jr., was born on December 23, 1977, in New Orleans, Louisiana to Joyce Alsanders Mayfield, a teacher, and Irvin Mayfield, Sr., who is reported to have drowned during Hurricane Katrina. His father was a drill sergeant and boxer in the U.S. Army. Mayfield has four older brothers, three half-brothers, and one half-sister from his mother's previous marriage. Growing up, he resided in several sections of New Orleans, including the Seventh Ward.
He received his first trumpet when he was in the fourth grade, asking his father for one after seeing the success a friend of his was having with girls by playing the instrument. His father, who played trumpet in high school, encouraged him to practice. The first song he learned was "Just a Closer Walk with Thee". Mayfield befriended Jason Marsalis, son of jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis in public school.
He began his musical career in the late 1980s with the Algiers Brass Band, a traditional New Orleans based street act. In the late 1990s he shared an apartment in New York City with Wynton Marsalis. He attended the University of New Orleans but dropped out during his first semester.
In 1998, Mayfield helped found Los Hombres Calientes, a New Orleans jazz group that incorporates Afro-Cuban jazz with rhythm & blues. Original members include Mayfield, Bill Summers, and Jason Marsalis. Shortly after forming, the band signed with Basin Street Records, a record label in New Orleans. His recording debut with Los Hombres Calientes was a success, and Mayfield gained national recognition as a result. Though the band has not released a studio album since 2005, they still play an occasional gig.
In December 2002, Mayfield founded the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra a sixteen-piece jazz ensemble listed as a 501(c)(3) dedicated to education in the performing arts. Proceeds from events related to the group help to fund organizational expenditures, and the ensemble originally worked out of the Institute of Jazz at Dillard University.
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