Jim Cifelli

Jim Cifelli (b. 1961) has been a trumpeter, composer, and educator in New York City for 15 years. Mr. Cifelli holds degrees from New York University and the Manhattan School of Music. His compositions and arrangements have been performed by numerous professional and student ensembles including the Stuttgard Radio Orchestra, the Composers Big Band, Clarion University Big Band, and others.

Mr. Cifelli has released four compact discs with his group the New York Nonet: Bullet Trane (SNM-001), So You Say (A Records), Tunnel Vision (SNM-002), and an album of soul-jazz originals entitled Groove Station (SNM-003). He has also been active as an adjudicator and clinician and is the Director of Jazz Ensembles at the Trinity School in New York City.