Delphian Jazz Orchestra
JUSTIN MULLENS
Trumpet/Composer/Band Leader
Band Members
- Trumpets
- Larry Gillespie
- Erik Jekabson
- Laurie Frink
- Dave Smith
- Ben Holmes
- Justin Mullens
- Trombones
- Paul Olenick
- Jacob Garchik
- Max Seigel
- Saxophones
- Chris Cheek
- Sean Nowell
- Ryan Shore
- Dave Barraza
- Peter Hess
- Matt Glassmeyer
- Eric Hoagland
- Matt Cowan
- Rhythm Section
- Danny Weiss
- Take Toriyama
- George Rush
- Masa Kamaguchi
- Pete Thompson
- Vocals
- Judith Berkson
Justin's Other Projects
Justin Mullens has been performing his music in New York since 1996. at clubs such as Birdland, The 55 Bar, The Bowery Poetry Club, and The Jazz Standard. He has been commissioned to write music that ranges in styles from chamber to “post-modern” jazz in a wide variety of settings. He has also had the honor of working with choreographers such as Wendy Blum, Jordan Fuchs, and Molly Rabinowitz.
In addition to recording his own work with The Justin Mullens Quintette and the Delphian Jazz Orchestra - his playing and writing have been featured on albums with The Dimitri Guravitch Quintet, The Paul Olenick Sextet, and Ethan Eubanks.
Mullens graduated from Berklee College of Music with a double major in Composition and Performance. While there, he was the recipient of the Quincy Jones Award for composition and the Art Farmer Award for Performance.
His newest CD, Justin Mullen’s and the Delphian Jazz Orchestra, has been released on Fresh Sound Records.
- List of most recent works:
- 2006 Prometheus Bound
- 2006 Tales of Pan & Eyes of Argus
- 2005 Agave Pulled Apart
- 2005 Gargantua
- 2005 Seeing Oedipus
- 2005 7/Thebes
- 2004 Choose Your Own Adventure-Candide
- 2003 The Trifler
- 2003 A Set of Triggers
- 2002 Beowulf
- 2002 Pietro the Gouty
- 2000 Daphne Laureola
- 1998 Prince Myshkin
- 1998 The Death of Socrates
- 1998 The Time That Never Told
- 1998 Transmigration & Despair
- 1998 The Apple & the Box
- 1996 The Ice Cream Man
- 1996 Rent a L-oaf
- 1996 Avides