Place and date of birth: Baltimore, MD, August 22, 1975.

Recent discography as bandleader/composer:
• Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet – Apparent Distance, 2011 Firehouse 12 Records. (“Thoughtfully tumultuous new album…It’s all seductively challenging, full of standout moments that nevertheless dissolve into the whole.” Nate Chinen, The New York Times.)
• Taylor Ho Bynum & Tomas Fujiwara – Stepwise, 2010 NotTwo Records. (“The playing is not just typically excellent, it’s conversational and buoyant, engaging the listener not through forceful attention-grabbing but rather coherence and seductiveness.” Trevor Hunter, NewMusicBox.)
• Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings – Madeleine Dreams, 2009 Firehouse 12 Records. (“Each repeated listen uncovers correspondingly more depth to the artistry of this heartfelt and challenging project.” John Sharpe, All About Jazz.)
• Positive Catastrophe – Garabatos Volume One, 2009 Cuneiform Records. (“It’s a doozy: a wonderfully lush and unusual Latin-jazz party record…an excellent showcase for the band’s singular blend of the festive and the avant-garde.” Hank Schteamer, Time Out New York.)
• Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet – Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths, 2008 hatology Records. (“One of the most indispensable ensembles in contemporary jazz…five stars.” Theirry Lepin, Jazzman Magazine, France.)
• Taylor Ho Bynum & Tomas Fujiwara – True Events, 2007 482 Music. (“A scintillating album…crackling with improvisational energy but guided by compositional prescription.” Nate Chinen, The New York Times.)
• Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet – The Middle Picture, 2007 Firehouse 12 Records. (“A measured, highly intelligent project that points the way forward for jazz…four stars.” Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings: Ninth Edition.)

Recent performance highlights as bandleader/composer:
• 2011: Banlieues Bleues (France), Willisau (Switzerland), London Jazz Festival (UK), Vision and Crosscurrents Festivals (NYC), tours throughout Europe and North America.
• 2010: Saalfelden Jazz Festival (Austria), Europajazz Festival (France), six-city tour of China, Time Flies Festival (Vancouver), Coimbra International Jazz Festival (Portugal), Festival of New Trumpet Music (New York and Philadelphia), Edgefest (Ann Arbor, MI), Undead Jazz Festival (New York), and the Acoustic Bicycle Tour: a two-week, six state journey through New England traveling only by bicycle and playing with a different group of musicians every night.
• 2009: Botticino Jazz Festival (Italy), Vancouver International Jazz Festival (Canada), Kerava Festival (Finland), Taktlos Festival (Switzerland), Statdgarten (Germany), Cheltenham International Jazz Festival (UK), the Winter Jazz Fest, the New Languages Festival, and the Jazz Gallery (NYC), and tours throughout the UK and the US (including NY, MA, IL, WY, MI, and MN).
• 2008: Festival dos Abrazos (Spain), Jazz em Agosto (Portugal), Ulrichsberg Festival (Austria), Bimhuis (Netherlands), deSingel Theater (Belgium), Umbrella Music Festival (Chicago), the Festival of New Trumpet Music, the Rhythm in the Kitchen Festival, and the Vision Festival (NYC), and tours throughout France, Austria, and Germany.

Recent discography of collaborative projects:
• The Thirteenth Assembly (Station Direct, 2011 Important), Bynum/Morris/Schoenbeck (Next, 2011 Porter), Nate Wooley/Taylor Ho Bynum Quartet (The Throes, 2011 CIMP), Taylor Ho Bynum, John Hébert, & Gerald Cleaver (Book of Three, 2010 RogueArt), The Convergence Quartet (Song/Dance, 2010 Clean Feed), The Othertet (self-titled, 2009 Engine), The Thirteenth Assembly ((un)sentimental, 2008 Important).

Highlights as sideman:
• With Anthony Braxton: performances and tours throughout the world, from Argentina to Russia; producing and co-conducting the studio recording of the 4-act opera Trillium E; producing and performing in the 4-day Tri-Centric Festival at Roulette (NYC 2011); organizing and conducting 8-hour, 60-musician Sonic Genome Project (Vancouver 2010); over two dozen recordings, including performing on and producing the 9-CD/plus DVD box set 9 Compositions (Iridium) in 2007.
• With Bill Dixon: festival performances and three recordings including performing on and producing the 2-CD/plus DVD box set Tapestries for Small Orchestra in 2009 and co-producing Envoi, his posthumous final recording.
• With Cecil Taylor: week-long residencies with his ensemble at the Iridium Jazz Club in NYC, March ’04, February ’05, and December ’05; appearances in two documentary films.
• Other recent performances and recordings include work with Laura Andel, Michiel Braam, Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Dave Douglas, Harris Eisenstadt, Mary Halvorson, Jim Hobbs, Jason Kao Hwang, Joëlle Léandre, Bill Lowe, Miya Masaoka, Nate McBride, Myra Melford, Nicole Mitchell, Joe Morris, Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng, Bob Ostertag, Tyshawn Sorey, and Zemog el Gallo Bueno.

Grants, awards, press:
• 2011 USArtists International Grant for the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the NEA.
• 2010 New Jazz Works Commissioning Grant from Chamber Music America/Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for the Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet.
• 2009-10 USArtists International Grant for Positive Catastrophe from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the NEA.
• 2009 Chamber Music America/French American Cultural Exchange grant.
• 2010 and 2003 Nominee for the Alpert Award in Music.
• 2009 Nominee for Trumpeter of the Year from the Jazz Journalists Association.
• Downbeat Magazine “Rising Star Trumpet” in 2008, 2009, and 2010 Critic’s Poll and one of “25 Trumpeters For the Future” in 2007.
• Radio features on BBC, NPR, WNYC, and WKCR, among other stations, and articles in newspapers, magazines, and websites around the world, including Germany, France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US.

Related work/educational experience:
• President of the Tri-Centric Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to producing the major works of composer Anthony Braxton and preserving his artistic legacy. Spring 2009-present.
• Founding partner and producer of Firehouse 12 Records, a multi-media record label supporting the creative music of established and emerging artists. Fall 2006-present.
• Vice president, organizer, and curator of the Festival of New Trumpet Music, not-for-profit organization founded by Dave Douglas designed to bring together disparate communities through the range of creative activity involving the trumpet. Spring 2006-present.
• Development consultant for Creative Capital, Meet the Composer, and other foundations and individual artists. Spring 2007-present.
• Private Lesson Instruction in trumpet technique and improvisation at Wesleyan University.
• Panelist for New Music USA, APAP, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Music Omi, LEF Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and others.
• Guest instructor/lecturer at schools and universities throughout Europe and the US.
• M.A., Music Composition, 2005; B.A., Honors in Music, 1998; Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.