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Bria Skonberg. 35,633 likes · 99 talking about this. Canadian New York Based Jazz trumpeter / singer / songwriter / educator / instigator.
Bria Skonberg . Noted as a Millennial Shaking Up the Jazz World, according to Vanity Fair, Skonberg is a self-described small town girl from Chilliwack, British Columbia. She left for Vancouver straight out of high school and earned a degree in Jazz Trumpet Performance from Capilano University.
Jan 4, 2021 · “Breath is everything,” says trumpeter Bria Skonberg in a phone interview. She comes by this wisdom by way of having recently given birth to her first child in October, and through her highly regarded work as a bold, bluesy jazz composer, vocalist, and player of a brass instrument.
Jul 19, 2017 · Official music video for "So Is The Day" by Bria Skonberg (SOCAN) from the album Nothing Never Happens (2019) www.briaskonberg.com ...more.
She is best known for her love of jazz and her pursuit of global fun. Her unique style is rooted in swampy New Orleans, blues, and swing with pop and world music influences. She has performed in New York’s Symphony Space, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Birdland, and Birdland since her arrival.
Nov 1, 2019 · New York based Canadian Bria Skonberg is a Juno award winning triple threat trumpeter, singer and songwriter. Called the “shining hope of hot jazz” by the NY Times, Bria has performed hundreds of festivals and stages the world over including the New Orleans, Monterey, Newport and Montreal Jazz Festivals.
The Chilliwack-born trumpeter and singer made her reputation with her obvious stylistic debt to Louis Armstrong. When she got to New York, she seemed a gleeful anachronism, a young woman at home in the most venerable jazz traditions.
