THE WEST STOCKBRIDGE JAZZ SERIES PRESENTS HANEEF NELSON

Haneef Nelson is a New York born and raised trumpeter, educator, and composer. His lifelong love of music

started with his early studies at the famed Jazzmobile program in Harlem. At the Jazzmobile he studied trumpet,

music theory, as well as played in ensembles taught by jazz luminaries including Eddie Preston, Cecil

Bridgewater, Dr. Donald Byrd; John Stubblefield; Frank Foster; Charles Davis; Roland Guerrero. Donald Byrd

continued to be a mentor along with his high school music teachers Cedric J. Lemmie from Uniondale High

School and Dave Burns from the Long Island High School of the Arts.