Welcome
This is the web home of uniquely diverse trumpeter and composer Charles Lazarus. Explore this site to find out what his original music is all about. Learn about his upcoming projects, listen to sound files and view photos and video clips.
News & Updates
- October 19-20, 2007 - Charles performed as principal trumpet with the Seattle Symphony in a program of Handel, Vivaldi and Bach.
- June 16, 2007 - Charles and his group open for Tony Bennett at the Minnesota Orchestra’s Symphony Ball.
- May 11, 2007 - Charles is the first solo brass player to be awarded a prestigious McKnight Fellowship for Performing Artists, administered by the MacPhail Center for Music.
- July 21, 2007 - Premiere performance of Charles’s original orchestral pops show A Night in the Tropics (more information orchestra show)
What People Are Saying
“Roll over Martin Denny, and tell Yma Sumac the news: Charles Lazarus has supplanted you both and then some.”
- critic Rod Smith
“Very impressive… incredible technique.”
- Jazzreview.com
“Bedazzling technique and a refined sense of musicianship”
- New York Newsday
“Lazarus could have tumbled the walls of Jericho”
- The Washington Post