“Summer Camargo is truly a talented trumpeter whose sound is rooted in the tradition of jazz trumpet, yet is reaching forward and carving out a new sonic identity within her generation”
— Ulysses Owens Jr.
Summer Camargo, 23, is a native of Hollywood, Florida. She is a Jerome Greene Fellowship recipient at The Juilliard School, where she received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Not only is Summer a regular performer at notable NYC jazz clubs like Dizzy’s, Birdland, and at the Drom with the Mingus Big Band, but she also became the newest and youngest member of the Saturday Night Live house band in 2022.
Steadily collecting a list of competition wins, grants, and awards, Summer was the recipient of the Laurie Frink Grant, was awarded the Ella Fitzgerald Outstanding Soloist Award, the Dr. J. Douglas White Student Composition Contest, the International Trumpet Guild’s Ryan Anthony Trumpet Memorial Competition, and the Outstanding Trumpet Soloist Awards at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2017, 2018, and 2019 Essentially Ellington Festivals.
In her young career, Summer has toured with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on the Big Band Holidays tour, served as a panelist for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jazz Congress, was featured in the FENDI Renaissance – Anima Mundi project in New York City, performed with Jon Batiste at the Newport Jazz Festival, was a guest artist at Wynton at 60, participated in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead at The Kennedy Center, performed her original composition “Alalazoo” at the 2022 Jazz at Lincoln Center Gala.
Summer released her debut album “To Whom I Love” in March of 2024, which received a notable review in DownBeat magazine and was featured in their Hot Box. DownBeat also included her in their 2024 list of “25 for the Future” rising stars of jazz.
Anthony D’Alessandro is a pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader based in Toronto, Ontario. His own bands have been showcased in many notable venues and festivals across Canada including the Jazz Bistro, the Toronto Summer Music Festival, the Jazz Sudbury Festival, and the Rex Hotel Jazz and Blues Bar, among others. He regularly performs alongside a who’s who of Canada’s great jazz musicians including Neil Swainson, Reg Schwager, Caity Gyorgy, Kevin Turcotte, and Ernesto Cervini, and has worked with NYC based musicians such as Benny Benack III, Alexander Claffy and Joe Farnsworth.
Personnel:
Anthony D’Alessandro-piano
Summer Camargo-trumpet
Jonathan Chapman-bass
Jacob Chung-saxophone
Ernesto Cervini-drums
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This performance is part of the WOMEN IN JAZZ series, sponsored by DIVA INTERNATIONAL, makers of the Diva Cup.
