Photo by Jim Brock
Colin McClure’s
AUDIONAUTS
INTER-GENRE EXPLORATION IN
THE CLASSIC QUINTET FORMAT
“The music truly speaks for itself -- his improvisational voice and compositional voice are just so well-developed…the depth of his commitment to this music is undeniable.”
-Wendy Eisenberg
Follow trumpeter & composer Colin McClure’s band, the AUDIONAUTS, as they voyage through the jazz idiom. From swing to mambo, second-line to free jazz, no area is off limits in McClure’s book of original music. Vibrantly orchestrated compositons and daring improvisors make for a musical journey full of surprises.
Biography
Colin McClure is a NYC-based trumpeter and composer from Los Angeles, CA. He has performed live with Arturo O'Farrill at La Plaza Jazz Festival in Cuba’s National Theater in Havana, at halftime for the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium, and alongside Gwen Stefani and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. McClure has recorded four albums with the funk/soul band, The Soul Beacons, and has recorded trumpet on the soundtracks of the short films In This Moment (2024), All of My Feelings (2024), and Sick Joke (2023). In 2021, McClure received the Max H. Gluck Foundation Fellowship. He is a graduate of the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA and the New School’s College of Performing Arts.
Contact
(818) 480-1258 | colinmccluremusic@gmail.com IG: @callmecolinm | colinmcclure.com
