NAAZIR, trumpet player

Naazir Person
(917) 925-1448

Naazir Person is a native New Yorker musician and teacher who began playing trumpet at the age of eleven. Encouraged by his junior high school music teacher William Booth, and influenced by Miles Davis, Naazir continued studying and playing trumpet throughout his public school years. After high school he decided to make music his career and enrolled in Bethune Cookman College where he received a B.A. Degree in music. Presently, Naazir holds a Masters Degree in Education and teaches instrumental music periodically in the New York City public school system.

Naazir Live! "Tribute to Clifford Brown"

With a style uniquely his own Naazir has carved a niche for himself within the New York City area as a Trumpet player and extraordinary musician.

When not teaching, Naazir composes his own music and plays trumpet as a freelance musician. His compositions has been published and can be heard on albums by Shamek Farrah.

Naazir has also received numerous awards as a music educator. These are all reflections of his continued involvement in the New York City Jazz Community in the development of curriculum for students in the New York City Public School System.

Naazir is V.P. in charge of Music and Entertainment for "Expressions of a Heritage" production company. He also leads his own quartet and has co-lead a quintet with Saxophonist, Shamek Farrah for many years. Naazir was a member of the "Jazz Recoverers, the Creative Art Ensemble and is currently working with" Imo and One Africa" a Nigerian Afro-Beat ensemble residing in the United States.

Fellow Performers
Over the years Person has performed with many influential Jazz musicians of the 1990's:

Terence Connelly, Michael Grey, Waiter Davis Jr., Pamela Smith, Sam Rivers, Gilly Coggins, Thurman Barker, Ron Burton, Alex Lane, Rochelle Thompson, Oliver Beaner, Kasa Mu-Barak Allah, Milton Suggs, Brien Smith, Greg Bandy, Sonelius Smith, Junior Cook, Barry Harris, Gene Gardner, David Durrah, Stanley Turrentine, Dr. John, Ken McIntyre, Charlie Persip, John Ore

Select Performances,
Recordings and Affiliations

Select Performances

Londel's Restaurant
Dean St. Cafe, NYC
Jazz At 966, NYC
African Poetry Theatre, NYC
Guggenheim Museum, NYC

Zebulon
The Cotton Club, NYC
Langston Hughes Library, NYC
Parlor Entertainment, NYC

Select Recordings

"First Impressions" - Strata East
"N. Person & S. Farrah Live" - Expressions of a Heritage

Musical Affiliation

Vice President in charge of Music and Entertainment "Expressions of a Heritage" production company.

Theatrical Performances

"Brown Women Who Fly"	N. Williams
"Every Little Bit Hurts"	C. Beckett
"Physic Lover"	K. Lampkin
"Red Ridin In The Hood"	Galinsky

Awards

1991 Awarded Audelcos' prestigious "Outstanding Musical Director Award " for his work in the Audelco Award winning theatrical production of Samuel Harps, "Don't Explain."
1991 Music director for the first production of Samuel Harps "Easy Livin", performed in 1991 at the "Theater for the New City."

In 1991, Naazir Person won the distinct honor of being awarded Audelcos' prestigious "Outstanding Musical Director Award" for his work in the Audelco award winning theatrical production of Samuel Harps, "Don't Explain". Naazir also was the music director for the first production of Samuel Harps "Easy Livin", which was performed in 1991 at the "Theater for the New City" on the lower eastside of Manhattan.

Music Consultation Services

Development of youth instrumental ensembles i.e. Jazz, Latin and Marching Bands
Development of an African centered music curriculum

Jazz History - An afro centric perspective
Music Business Seminars: Promotion, Publishing, Copyright Laws, Concert Production and Record Production