The Yayennings Quartet

Dates and Times for this Past Event

• Friday, Oct 18, 2024  8pm
• Friday, Oct 18, 2024  10pm

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Details

Yayennings is a 4x GRAMMY Award winning trumpeter known for his work with jazz supergroup Snarky Puppy. He is a founding member of the band which started at the University of North Texas in 2004. When he was 22 he joined the Dallas based, symphonic rock band The Polyphonic Spree. Jennings eventually began touring with Capitol Records artist Eli "Paperboy" Reed in 2010 and over his career has backed up some of the world's finest artists such as Aretha Franklin, Michael McDonald, David Crosby, David Bowie, Lalah Hathaway, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Lee Fields, Bobby Rush, Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap), The O'Jays, The Four Tops, and many more. Now living in LA, he continues to record and tour with the Grammy Award winning band, Snarky Puppy.

In 2017, Jennings began composing for his own band, The Yayennings Quartet. Yayennings has recently signed with GroundUp Music for the release of his second full length album in 2023.
Jay plays a Yamaha 8335IIS Xeno trumpet and a Yamaha 8310Z Flugel Horn and proudly endorses Yamaha instruments and Denis Wick Mouthpieces and mutes.