Biography
Jonny Bruce is an extraordinary and adventurous trumpet player with a truly unique identity. Now based in Bristol, He has emerged onto the UK jazz scene, in recent years, through playing with the Dave Stapleton Quintet – DSQ. He performs regularly throughout UK and Europe and has been critically acclaimed for his playing, especially for his recordings on DSQ’s 3 albums, released on Edition Records.

Since graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2006 (studying both Classical and Jazz Trumpet), Bruce has been one of the most in demand trumpet players in a jazz/lead context or as a session player (including TV, radio and pop recordings) on the UK scene.

Bruce is comfortable and at home in any genre of music, and this is reflected in his session work. Aside from his jazz playing and his regular feature roles with DSQ, Mango Factory, Brass Junkies and Murrumbidgee, Bruce is booked regularly to play Lead and/or solo chair for Big Bands (GBH Big Band/Resonation Big Band/Glen Miller Orchestra) and Latin Bands (K’Chevere/Conjunto Gringo/Buena Risca) due to his ability to play charts and solo in the upper register of the Trumpet.

His adaptability has taken him into the studio and performing live in the musical worlds of Hip-Hop (D.E.R. Collective/Dr. Meaker), Caberet (20th Century Foxes/Kroon Kat Lounge) TV Soundtracks (Meerkat Manor/Various BBC Worldwide), Pop acts (McFly/Emma Bunton), and pit work (West Side Story/Cats/various) as well as a broad variety of other sessions. This has led to him playing with some of the top jazz and session musicians in the country.

Through his involvement with DSQ and other UK groups, Bruce has earned the reputation as one of the most exciting young trumpet players to emerge onto the UK scene in recent years.

Jonny Bruce
Trumpet/Flugelhorn

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What the press say:

‘A terrific trumpeter named Jonny Bruce plays with real fizz’
The Guardian

‘Trumpeter Jonny Bruce - whose growls, wails and slurs wouldn’t have been out of place in 1920’s Ellington session – slots amicably into Stapleton’s wackily integrated jazz world’
The Independent on Sunday
 
“Jonny Bruce…this guy has some serious “Chops” he taunted and teased the listener with short phrases, playful and emotive, gradually building in intensity culminating in a crescendo of sound with impeccable intonation and tone quality”
Black Mountain Jazz
 
“Jonny Bruce…an intriguing player capable of producing both straightforward flaring solos and more nuanced, dynamically and texturally varied contributions”
Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2006 supporting
the Julian Siegel Trio
 
“Jonny Bruce displays a pick-and-mix attitude to jazz history in his gritty trumpet work. With his growls, wails and high-register playing, he seems to have leapfrogged the Miles Davis influence in favour of the virile, attacking style of the primitives. Still only 23, Bruce is a name to watch.”
Metro Magazine