Jennifer Wharton - Bass Trombonist and Bandleader
About Jennifer Wharton
Jennifer Wharton is a low brass specialist based in New York City. Though getting her start classically, Jen has planted deep roots in jazz and commercial music. She can usually be found honking out low notes in a Broadway pit, a recording studio, on stage or in a big band section.
Jen is a member of multiple Grammy-nominated jazz orchestras, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society, Alan Ferber Big Band and the Terraza Big Band. She has also performed or recorded with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie All Star Band, Woody Herman Orchestra, Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra, Jihye Lee Jazz Orchestra, Big Heart Machine, lots of at-home virtual big bands, and with her favorite husband, trombonist/composer John Fedchock.
Jennifer is releasing her third album with her band Bonegasm, Grit & Grace on Sunnyside Records in October 2021. www.jenniferwharton.com
Suggested Listening
Bonegasm - Jennifer Wharton’s Bonegasm
Not A Novelty - Jennifer Wharton’s Bonegasm
Grit & Grace - Jennifer Wharton’s Bonegasm
A Matter of Time - New York Trombone Conspiracy
Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones - The Four Freshman
Composers Featured on Grit & Grace
Jennifer Wharton
Miho Hazama
Naadje Noordhuis
Natalie Cressman
Carolina Calvache
Jennifer Wharton’s Bonegasm
The cover of Jennifer’s third album, Grit & Grace, out now with Sunnyside Records