Member Profile

Emmanuel Echem is a trumpeter, composer, and arranger living and working in Nashville, TN. A native to the area, Echem has firmly established himself in the music community as a capable lead and section player, as well as an adept soloist with a unique and soulful improvisational style which frequently draws comparisons to trumpet masters such as Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, and Roy Hargrove. The sound of his trumpet has been heard at venues and festivals around the world, including the North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Radio City Music Hall, Red Rocks Amphitheater, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, and more, in addition to a number of televised performances that have aired nationally and internationally on PBS (An Opry Salute to Ray Charles), ABC (CMA Country Christmas, CMA Fest), Late Night with Seth Meyers, the JUNO Awards, and The Marilyn Denis Show, among others. His list of performance and recording credits span a wide range of genres, and include Boyz II Men, Joss Stone, Kirk Franklin, Lauren Daigle, Charlie Wilson, LeAnn Rimes, Lukas Nelson, Eric Church, Maren Morris, Allen Stone, Darius Rucker, Dumpstaphunk, Dan + Shay, Frankie Negrón, the Neal Morse Band ft. Mike Portnoy, Roy "Futureman" Wooten and the Circle of Harmony Orchestra, and the Nashville Jazz Orchestra, to name just a few.