Ryan Kisor

Trumpet Player

Birthday April 12, 1973

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Iowa

Age 50 years old

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About

Jazz trumpeter who has released albums like 1992's Minor Mutiny and 1993's On the One on Columbia Records. He joined the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in 1994 and has released several albums as a bandleader since then.

Before Fame

He was born in Sioux City and began playing in the Eddie Skeets Orchestra at age ten.

Trivia

He won the Thelonious Monk Institute's trumpet contest at age seventeen.

Family Life

His father was trumpeter Larry Kisor, who taught him to play the trumpet.

Associated With

He collaborated with pianist Mulgrew Miller on the album On the One.