ARTIST SPOTLIGHTS

November 2022

nate nall

Trumpeter Nate Nall has performed at Kansas City's most prominent jazz venues, including the Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum and Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. He was a featured soloist with the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra and Deborah Brown on a 2018 tour to Germany and Poland. He has been featured on the nationally syndicated "12th st jump" jazz radio program. And a residency participant in "Betty Carter's Jazz Ahead" performing original music at Washington D.C.'s Kennedy Center. In 2016, Nall won 2nd place in the distinguished National Trumpet Competition Jazz Division. Nate holds a B.M. Jazz Studies from University of Missouri-Kansas City where he studied with Jazz Messenger and saxophonist Bobby Watson.

In 2021, Nall perfomed for JEN (Jazz Education Network) with the Marcus Lewis Big Band/Brass and Boujee as a featured soloist in the ensemble. 

Other highlights include performing with The Temptations, Michael Feinstein, Bobby Watson’s 18th and Vine Big Band with Jon Faddis, Jerry Bergonzi and KU All Star Big Band, The New York Voices and Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, and Paducah Symphony Orchestra w/ trumpeter Allen Vizzutti. Nate performs regularly around Kansas City with

The Project H, Marcus Lewis Big Band (Brass and Boujee), Chris Hazelton, Louis Neal Big Band, the David Basse/Joe Cartwright Septet, Clint Ashlock's New Jazz Order Big Band, Patrick Lentz Band/KC FLO, Musical Theater Heritage,

David George Band, Brass Rewind, Joey Panella Trio and his own group,

the Nate Nall Quintet, performing original compositions and arrangements.

Nate is a BAC Custom Trumpet Performing Artist. 

julian vaughn

Born and raised in Kansas City, KS, Julian Vaughn was primarily a drummer when he picked up the bass guitar. Vaughn developed his playing style while growing up in the church where his grandfather pastored until turning over the reins to Vaughn's father. A few years later, he became good enough to start playing at concerts and live gospel recordings.

Vaughn launched his solo career in 2010 with his album The Purpose Project, which springboarded him into his jazz career. In 2012 he put out the album Breakthrough (2012), featuring the single "On Your Feet," which peaked at #1 on the Billboard chart. He later would release albums Limitless (2015), Bona Fide (2017), Supreme (2019), and Chapters of Love (2021). Vaughn racked up four Billboard #1 hits between his albums and 8 #1s overall as a feature on various artists' songs. Vaughn has toured across the U.S., playing at some of the largest jazz festivals. In addition, he has performed abroad in places like Dubai, South Africa, Nigeria, Nairobi, Italy, Spain, and Germany. Vaughn takes pride in writing and producing almost all his music, saying, "I want to be known as a great writer and producer just as much as an artist." 

In 2020 Vaughn was the #2 Artist of the year and had the #2 and #17 Billboard songs of the year, “Afro Calypso” and “Afternoon Delight.” His latest independent release, titled "SOLO" is slated to be his best work to date. As Vaughn's recording catalog continues to grow, he hopes to continue to redefine the lead bassist role in the smooth jazz genre.

delynia jannell

Delynia Brown is a native of Kansas City Kansas, born into a musical family she began singing at the early age of 2 at her church, the Bethel Church of God in Christ where her father the late Elder James C. Bailey pastored and her mother Janet V. Bailey was First lady for over 20 years. Early on her parents saw her gift and talent for singing; they encouraged and supported her in many of her singing endeavors.

At the age of eleven she joined J.T. Productions which allowed her to travel with a youth choir across the country singing and performing in numerous gospel plays, where she experienced her first official stage giving her exposure outside of her local church. This was the first of many opportunities in her artistry career.

Delynia is an active worker in her church where she serves on the praise & worship team, youth worship helper and mass choir; these roles have helped cultivate and foster not only her passion for singing but for serving God and people alike.

As a vocalist, recording artist and songwriter Delynia has been blessed to share her musical talents throughout this City, within our Nation, and Internationally. In 1999 she sang background for Shania Twain in her Kansas City Tour on “God Bless the Child”. In 2000, she was the featured soloist in “This Little Light of Mine” at Carnegie Hall in New York, and travelled to London, England with the Washburn University Choir. In 2006, God blessed her to release her first contemporary Gospel debut album titled “I Give My All”. Other accomplishments include her working with national recording artist(s) Krizz Kaliko, TechN9ne, Stevie Stone, E-40 and Kyla Jade to name a few. She was a featured artist in the 2017 Kansas City Jazz and Heritage Festival and recently joined the Philip Collins Experience 2019 Tour.

In addition to all of these accomplishments she prides herself in being first a devoted wife to her husband David Brown and a loving mother to her two beautiful children Dalyn & Daeleon. Giving God praise is her focus, never forgetting all that he has done for her, Delynia knows and believes without God she is nothing and no matter what comes her way He is in total control.