Musical ambassador and interpreter of “America’s” music, Wycliffe Gordon is one of the world’s most renowned and award-winning jazz trombonists touring today.  His signature sound and mastery of the plunger mute have helped solidify his impressive musical career.   Wycliffe tours as a soloist and regularly with his quintet, headlining at legendary jazz venues and performing arts centers worldwide.  In addition, Wycliffe has recorded or been featured on over 300 recordings, has composed and arranged hundreds of compositions, ranging from intimate jazz pieces to large-scale commissions for orchestra, and film. Most notably, film director Oscar Michaux’s silent films: Body and Soul (Jazz at Lincoln Center) and Within Our Gates (Jazzmobile). Gordon is also widely known for his arrangement of the theme song for NPR’s “All Things Considered.” Critics praise his exuberance, versatility, and ability to play authentically across jazz, blues, gospel, and traditional styles. Gordon is a veteran member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and has been a featured guest artist on Billy Taylor's "Jazz at the Kennedy Center" Series.  Gordon has received numerous honors, including multiple “Best Trombone” awards in DownBeat magazine’s critics and readers polls and major recognitions from organizations such as the InternationalTrombone Association and the Louis Armstrong House Museum.  Gordon currently serves as Director of Jazz Studies at Augusta University in Augusta, GA. Wycliffe Gordon is a Yamaha Performing Artist and has his own line of Wycliffe Gordon Pro Signature Mouthpieces by Pickett Brass, the “Wybrid” Crossover Mouthpiece also by Pickett Brass, and a new plunger mute—the “Cone Tone” by Hirschman Mutes.