Trumpet -World.com

Born in New Orleans, Christian Scott received his first trumpet at 12 as a gift from his mother and grandmother. As Scott's uncle was modern jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison, it was no surprise that Scott soon became very proficient on the trumpet, so good in fact that Harrison began having him play at his gigs. Following in his uncle's footsteps, Scott enrolled at the prestigious New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts and then at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, where he received a full scholarship. There, he was selected to be part of the Berklee Monterey Quartet in 2004, chosen from four of the school's finest musicians, and played at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Though Scott made his major-label solo debut at age 22 on Concord Jazz, with 2006's Rewind That. The record combined rock and R&B motifs with modern jazz, featured Harrison as a guest performer, and was nominated for a Grammy later that year.

Christian Scott is noted for "un-voicing" his tone, emphasising breath over vibration at the mouthpiece. Although other trumpeters have employed a similar method, Scott refers to it as his "whisper technique" - "It took a very long time, but I guess the biggest break for me was when I decided to not try and focus on changing the sound, but to try to emulate something. The thing that I tried to emulate was my mother's singing voice", explained Scott.