Brian Pareschi

Brian Pareschi


Born and raised in Rochester, New York, New York based trumpeter/Composer/Arranger Brian Pareschi has a Masters of Music in Jazz Composition and Arranging from Manhattan School of Music, and a Bachelors of Arts in Biology from University of Rochester.
Most recently Brian has been heard on the 2013 and 2014 Tony Awards, the 2013 Mark Twain Prize for Humor, and on Barbra Streisand's newest CD/DVD Back To Brooklyn, recorded live while on tour in the Fall of 2012. He recently performed live with SNL’s Ana Gasteyer on Live with Kelly and Michael Show. He can also be heard on the latest recordings by The Dave Liebman Orchestra, Dave Matthews and the Manhattan Jazz Orchestra, Jazz vocalist Catherine Russell, vocalist Tom Wopat and John Schneider and SNL comedian/vocalist Ana Gasteyer. He can be heard on numerous TV commercials ranging from American Express to Stella Artois.
Brian is very active and in demand on the Jazz/Commercial music scene in New York, and can be heard on everything ranging from TV and film soundtracks, to Broadway shows, Big Band and jazz recordings, regularly performing in clubs all over NYC and the world. Brian has performed on the stages of many of the world's finest concert halls and jazz festivals, including The North Sea Festival, Umbria, Pori, Montreaux, Detroit, San Francisco and New York's JVC Jazz Festival. Brian has toured and performed worldwide with a broad range of artists, including Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Collins, Paul Anka, Bobby Caldwell, Darlene Love, the New York City Ballet, the French National Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Harlem Nutcracker. He has worked in the Orchestras of Quincy Jones, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, the Lincoln Center and Afro Latin Jazz Orchestras, Dave Liebman, Louis Bellson, Bob Mintzer, David Berger, Dave Matthews, Ken Peplowski, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Max Weinberg, and Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey. Brian has appeared on Late Night with David Letterman, and worked with a who’s who of pop and jazz notables including Aretha Franklin, Nancy Wilson, James Ingram, Patti Austin, Chaka Kahn, Bobby Mc Ferrin, Kurt Elling, Toots Thielsmann, Michel Legrand, Bobby Caldwell, Wynton Marsalis, Clark Terry, Phil Woods, Frank Wess, Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion, Jon Faddis, Kenny Wheeler, Sir Roland Hannah, Bobby Durham, John Hendricks, Chuck Israels, Bobby Watson, Marilyn Maye, Michael Feinstein, The O Jays, The Four Tops and The New York Voices.

His first recording as a leader marks a welcome departure from his work and career as a top call sideman in New York. His octet/nonet, The BP Express releases it's debut recording in January 2015, featuring a very talented array of prominent sidemen in their own rights. The band is as he describes "an extremely versatile ensemble that reaches out in new directions, while embracing the tradition of jazz. This is a mid-sized ensemble with the ability to maintain the intimacy of a small group, and yet also project the concerted, organized and often powerful sound of a large ensemble." This marks the first of many projects that will showcase both the breadth of his playing and the versatility and scope of his writing. Brian has a smaller group slated to perform and record as well later in 2015.
Brian's writing has not been limited to his own groups. In 2005 he was commissioned by the United States Marines' The President's Own to write an extensive piece embodying the work of Duke Ellington, and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Korean War. He has written for pop icon Bruce Springsteen and the Max Weinberg Big Band as well(of which he is a current member).
Brian is currently in the Broadway Orchestra for Motown the Musical and the original Blues and Rock band Desperate Measures. He has been a member of numerous pit orchestras for Broadway shows, including Motown:The Musical, Nice Work If You Can Get It, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, All About Me, 9 To 5:The Musical, All Shook Up, and A Year With Frog And Toad. He has performed at The Radio City Christmas Spectacular, and on well over 20 Broadway shows since moving to New York in 1996. Brian has appeared on Late Night With David Letterman with the Quincy Jones Orchestra, and for other various musical and stage acts. Brian has recorded a broad variety of commercial recordings for television and radio, and can be heard on the upcoming season of Top Chef.
Some of his film and television credits include the hit TV show SMASH, Top Chef, The Great Debaters, Evening, The Informant, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. He is heard on recordings for The Dave Liebman Orchestra, Dave Matthews MJO, Tori Amos, Catherine Russell, David Berger, Andy Farber, and Funkasaurus Rex. He also is frequently asked to teach at Colleges and Universities in and around New York City, including The Juilliard School, Rutgers University, Hunter College and SUNY Purchase. He was director of the Jazz Program at the Henry Street Settlement in NYC from 2003-2008.

Brian currently leads his own big band, the Brian Pareschi Jazz Orchestra, as well as the BP Express, performing original compositions and arrangements in venues in and around New York City. For more information about Brian, upcoming events, please visit his website at: www.brianpareschi.com