Ryan Kisor


Ryan Kisor is an American jazz trumpeter.
A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Kisor learned trumpet from his father, Larry Kisor, and started playing in a local dance band at age ten. Kisor began classical trumpet lessons at age 12, met Clark Terry when he was 15, and played with all-star high school bands. In 1990, Kisor won the Thelonious Monk Institute's trumpet contest at the age of 17; Nicholas Payton and Marcus Printup were among the other contestants that year. His younger brother Justin Kisor is also an accomplished jazz artist who he has performed numerous concerts and had record releases with Kisor.
Following this he was signed by Columbia Records, who released his first two albums, 1992's Minor Mutiny and 1993's On the One. Following this, Kisor entered the Manhattan School of Music, where he was a student of Lew Soloff among others. He has played in New York with the Mingus Big Band and the Michel Camilo Big Band, with Gerry Mulligan, Wynton Marsalis, Wycliffe Gordon, Horace Silver and Walter Blanding. Since 1994 he has been a member of the Jazz at [Lincoln Center Orchestra], and has released many albums as a bandleader.

Discography

As leader

  • 1992?: Minor Mutiny
  • 1993?: On the One
  • 1997: Battle Cry
  • 1998: The Usual Suspects
  • 1998: Point of Arrival
  • 1999: Power Source
  • 1999: Kisor
  • 2001?: Kisor II
  • 2002: The Sidewinder
  • 2002: Awakening
  • 2003: Donna Lee
  • 2004: The Uptown Quintet, Live in New York – live recorded at Smoke (jazz club)
  • 2005: Ryan Kisor Quintet, This Is Ryan
  • 2006: One Finger Snap
  • 2007: Conception: Cool and Hot
  • 2008: Ryan Kisor Quintet, Live at Smalls – live recorded at Smalls Jazz Club

As sideman

With Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Jazz OrchestraBlood On the Fields Live in Swing City, Swingin' with Duke – liveBig Train Essentially Ellington 2000 Plays the Music of Duke Ellington A Love Supreme Don't Be Afraid...The Music of Charles Mingus Vitoria Suite Portrait in Seven Shades The Abyssinian Mass The Music of John Lewis The Music of Wayne Shorter
With the Manhattan Jazz OrchestraLes Liaisons Dangereuses A Night in Tunisia Get It On Paint It Black Black Magic Woman Hey Duke! Some Skunk Funk Birdland
With David MatthewsWatermelon Man Furuhata Jazz in N.Y. Mambo No. 5 Back to Bach Impressions The Girl from Ipanema
With Mingus Big BandNostalgia in Times Square Gunslinging Birds Live in Time – liveQue Viva Mingus!
With others