JIM SEELEY (trumpet/flugelhorn, composer/ arranger) studied at Berklee College of Music.

He has toured, recorded and/or peformed with Ray Charles, Chucho Valdes, The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Louis Bellson, Michel Camilo, Maynard Ferguson, Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy, The Machito Orchestra, Greg Allman and Friends, and has been a long-standing member and featured soloist with The Chico O’Farrill Afro Cuban Big Band.

Jim is a member of Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra (2009 and 2015 Grammy winner-best Latin Jazz), and is a frequent collaborator with Afturo O’Farrill in various small groups and ensembles, including a sextet that recently released its debut CD, entitled “Risa Negra.”

As a clinician, he has conducted master classes in Thailand, Venezuela, Russia, Japan, Germany, Austria, Colombia, Hawaii and throughout the United States.

A CD of all original compositions,”The Jim Seeley/Arturo O’Farrill Quartet” is available on ZOHO RECORDS.