LONGINEU PARSONS has been hailed by critics as one of the world's finest trumpet players. He is also a master of recorders, flute, percussion, and sings the blues. His music crosses genres and defies classification. It's jazz, it's funk, it's blues, it's classic, it's urban, it's world fusion, it's good. His music serves as a metaphor for crossing restrictive boundaries that separate people and confine human potential.

AN INTERNATIONAL PERFORMER

Longineu has performed in some thirty countries in North, South and Central America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. His audiences have included such dignitaries as the King of Morocco, the President of Gabon, the Royal Family of the Netherlands, the President of Austria, the U.S. Ambassador to France, and the Royal Family of Monaco.

ILLUSTRIOUS ASSOCIATES

Over his 25-year career, Longineu has shared the stage and recording studio with Cab Calloway, Nat Adderley, Cecil Taylor, Nancy Wilson, Joe Williams, Herbie Mann, Frank Foster, Mal Waldron, Philly Joe Jones, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra, Sam Rivers, David Murray, Hamiet Bluiett, Billy Harper, Hal Singer, Jimmy Witherspoon, Joseph Jarman, Don Moye, François Lindemann, Manu Dibongo, Pierre Akendengue, Sugar Blue, Wycliff Gordon and many others.

AS GUEST SOLOIST

Longineu has appeared as guest soloist with "pops" symphony orchestras, providing a popular tribute to Louis Armstrong as well as performing his own compositions. He has played with the Palm Beach Pops Orchestra, the Tallahassee Symphony, the Gainesville Symphony, the Augusta Symphony, the University of South Carolina Symphony, the Savannah Symphony, and the St. Johns River City Band. During this past year, he held the leading role and was the musical director for the Canadian dance musical production Forever Swing. He also appears as trumpet soloist on the hit PBS Great Performances special, Three Mo' Tenors.

FESTIVALS AND CONCERTS

Recent performances include the Jacksonville Jazz Festival (2003), the Pensacola Jazz Festival (2003), Trumpet & Trombone Recital with Wycliff Gordon in West Palm Beach (2002), Brass Ensemble with Pianoseven in Switzerland (2002), Amelia Island Jazz Festival (2001), Les Rendez-vous de l'Erde in Nantes, France (2001), United We Jazzed in West Palm Beach (2001), the Belleayre Music Festival, Satchmo Tribute (2000), the Child of the Sun Festival in Lakeland, FL (2000), the Playboy Festival with the Cannonball Adderley Tribute Band in Hollywood,CA (2000), Jazz al Parque in Bogota, Colombia (2000), the Chicago Jazz Festival with Nancy Wilson (1999), and the JVC Jazz Festival Tribute to Cannonball and Nat Adderley in NYC (1999). He also appeared with Nancy Wilson in 2000 at the Blue Note in Tokyo and at Yoshi's in Oakland. In August 2002, he was the headline attraction in a jazz concert at the Monticello Opera House (Monticello, Florida) that featured his compositions.

COMPOSER AND FILM SCORING

Longineu is a prolific composer and has several film scoring projects in his portfolio. He has been nominated for an award for his score of a documentary called Hurricane Andrew, 10 Years Later. Other film projects include Alpha & Omgea, a short by Ken Jones presented at the Sundance Film Festival in September 2003, and the highly successful Silents & Jazz, Longineu's music played over Charlie Chaplin silent fi lms. He has just been commissioned to score a documentary on Identity Theft. He is currently studying composition on the doctoral level with Dr. Mark Wingate at Florida State University.

MUSIC MENTOR AND EDUCATOR

Longineu is Assistant Professor of Trumpet at Florida A&M University, the institution from which he obtained a Bachelor of Music degree. He earned his Master of Music in classical trumpet from the University of Florida. He also pursued supplementary jazz studies at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He holds a weekly Jazz Jam at a local jazz club to provide a performance opportunity for students, and coaches the trumpet section of the celebrated Florida A&M Marching 100 Band. He was a guest clinician for the Universidad Autonoma de Bucaramanga, in Colombia (1999 and 2000); High School of the Arts, in Bogota, Colombia (2000), and the Conservatoire Nationale de la Region, in Nantes, France in August 2001.