Jazz Trumpet player Mike Kaupa has toured North America, Europe and Japan as a leader and member of other groups, such as "ONIX" (Spain), "Equinox" (Lyon), "The Existing Reality" (U.S. and England) "The Institute for Creative Music" (U.S.) and "The Glenn Miller Orchestra" (U.S., Canada and Japan).   From 2001 through 2005 he was a member of the faculty at the annual Seminario de Jazz, in Barcelona, Spain and was a faculty member of the Taller de Musics school previously.  He has twice been an interim instructor of jazz trumpet at the Eastman School of Music. He recently performed at the "Remembering Marian" tribute to Marian McPartland concert at the 92nd St. Y in NYC. He has been a guest artist with the Penn State University Jazz Ensemble, the University of Oregon Jazz Ensemble, the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble and the 'New Jazz' Ensemble at The Eastman School of Music.  Among others, he has performed with Jorge Rossy, Ben Monder, Jon Faddis, Mark Murphy, Gary Bartz, Luciana Souza, Joe Locke, The Buffalo Philharmonic Pops, The Rochester Philharmonic Pops, Mel Torme, and Ray Charles.  Mike holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Fredonia State University and a Master of Music degree from The University of Miami.  He is currently on the faculty of The Harley School, Finger Lakes Community College and the Eastman Community Music School. Kaupa is based in Rochester, New York where he maintains a busy schedule of teaching and performing.


20, July, '16...
Le légendaire trompettiste de jazz new yorkais Mike Kaupa apporte à Paris la richesse et la grande variété de ses styles de jazz. Inspirré par les racines du jazz, il a démontré ses talents de musicien novateur, depuis 3 décennies, sur les scènes du jazz modern que ce soit aux Etats Unis ou en Europe. Un cocktail de jazz et groove qu’il va partager avec Shaul Einav au saxophone, Jeff Boudreaux à la batterie et en invité spécial le sorcier du clavier Laurent Coulondre à l'orgue.