Jeff Walk
Eau Claire, WI
You do not have the current Adobe Flash Player
To listen to this audio clip you will need to upgrade Adobe Flash Player
You do not have Adobe Flash Player
To listen to this audio clip you will need to install Adobe Flash Player
About
Jeff Walk
Trumpet/Educator/ProducerMr. Jeffrey Walk has distinguished himself as an accomplished trumpet player, educator and clinician. Mr. Walk is currently Director of Instrumental Music at Regis High School and Middle School in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. A native of Wisconsin, Mr. Walk earned his Bachelor of Music - Trumpet Performance degree, from the University of Wisconsin -Eau Claire where he studied under Robert Baca. In May of 2004, Mr. Walk graduated with his Master of Music degree in Jazz Trumpet from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City.
Mr. Walk actively maintains a busy freelance schedule performing nationally at clubs and festivals. Over the years Jeff has performed with several well known artists most notably Quincy Jones, Christian McBride, Herbie Hancock, Slide Hampton, Dick Oatts, John Clayton, Terence Blanchard, Jon Faddis, Dianne Reeves, Arturo O' Farrill, Mike Abene, Billy Childs, Randy Brecker, and the Minnesota Orchestra Trumpet Section among many others. Mr. Walk has also served as lead trumpet with The Supremes, The New York Voices, The Mills' Brothers, The Jimmy Dorsey Band, Little Anthony and the Imperials, The Guy Lumbardo Orchestra and Five by Design just to name a few.
A DownBeat magazine award winner in 2000 for Outstanding Jazz Soloist, Mr. Walk has performed at well known venues such as Birdland, The Jazz Standard, The Nuyorican Poets Café in New York City and the Hollywood Bowl, Paramount Studios and the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. Mr. Walk continues to study and has been fortunate enough to musically expand under the tutelage of luminaries such as Charley Davis, Lew Soloff, Bill Adam, Robert Baca, Garry Dial, Justin DiCioccio, Bobby Sanabria and Uan Rasey. Read on at jeffwalk.com
Text(13)
Mar 21, 2008
Exciting News
Exciting news! I have accepted the Band Director position for grades 7-12 at Regis High School and Middle School in Eau Claire WI. I will be teaching two concert bands, a jazz band and marching band. I look forward to maintaining Regis' standards of excellence, …
Mar 21, 2008
Music in The Glen Festival
I will be performing this Wednesday August 8th, with one of the most important and exciting projects I am incorporated with - the New York based band Nees and Vos. 
We will be playing at the Music in The Glen festival. This festival is in Glendale Wisconsin, a close …
Mar 21, 2008
Byron Stripling Concert
Byron Stripling will be giving a concert on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007, at 7:30 PM in Minneapolis, MN. I highly encourage all music fans that are in the area to go see this performance. To see Byron perform, give a lecture, or have a conversation with him is truly …
Stats
- Plays today
- 0
- All-time plays
- 5
- Profile views
- 490
Gagosian Liga, Apr 15, 2008:
"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know." (Vladimir Nabokov)
Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany!
Feel free to download my music, dear Jeff!