Joey Curreri

Joey Curreri is a jazz trumpeter and composer from Los Angeles, California currently based in New York City. Curreri’s unique artistic outlook stems from the foundations in the trumpet tradition learned from his mentors,  jazz luminaries Brian Lynch and Ingrid Jensen, whos’s creative inspiration has led Joey to compose music that looks to go beyond the trumpet, generating excitement, harmony, and balance within the orchestration of the small ensemble.

As a working musician in New York, Joey has performed at the marquis venues: at the Jazz Gallery with his own band and music, as well as a side man, sharing the stage with NYC staples such as Joris Dudli, Vincent Herring, Mike LeDonne, Marcos Varela and Mike Clark among others at venues such as Smalls Jazz Club, Ornithology Jazz Club, and the Minton’s Playhouse. He performed with the Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra at the 2025 Unity Jazz Festival at Lincoln Center, and with the Miguel Zenon Big Band at the Jazz Gallery as a part of its 30th anniversary series.

As a recording artist, Curreri currently has four collections of original music released on Bandcamp. These feature many bands that Joey has led, from his time in Miami, as well as more recently in New York. Joey received a Downbeat Student Award for Outstanding Improvised Solo for his performance on his second EP. Joey has also been a seeked-out sideman, recording on acclaimed artists Deron Johnson, Toomas Keski-Santti, and Nikos Chatzisakos’ recent releases.

Joey has performed around the world. Most recently, he toured the west coast with a co-led band, Tabula Rasa, performing at full venues up and down California. In 2023, he traveled to Japan to perform with jazz piano legend Makoto Ozone at Orchard Concert Hall in Tokyo. He has been around Europe numerous times to perform with various bands in the UK, Italy, and Denmark. In October 2025, Joey embarked on a European tour with Joris Dudli’s band featuring Vincent Herring.

Joey has been highly awarded for his trumpet playing as well as his composing. Most recently, Joey competed and won 1st place in the ITG 2025 Ryan Anthony Memorial Jazz Soloist Competition. In 2021, Joey won 2nd place at the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition. Curreri has received merit for his composition, receiving the inaugural Dave Brubeck JEN Scholarship for Composition, as well as being an Honorable mention for the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Composer Award. Joey was selected for and participated in the 2024 Kennedy Center Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program, run by Jason Moran.

Joey was selected as the 2018 Jazz Trumpet Finalist in the National YoungArts competition, toured Los Angeles and NYC as a member of the the 2017 and 2018 Grammy Camp Jazz Session Big Band, and toured Japan as a member of the 2018 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.