Biography

More than ever, monstrously talented young women are rising through the ranks of Jazz, Gospel, Funk, R&B and Neo-Soul instrumentalists, challenging the male-dominated status quo.

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Tatiana Tate is at the top of the list of rising stars. This Long Beach California-based Trumpeter, Artist and Composer has built a resume that would be the envy of artists three times her age.

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Tatiana began her musical journey as a drummer at age 5 and later moving to Trumpet at age

8. She is an NAACP Act-So Champion. She was Soloist of the Colburn Conservatory of Music Jazz Workshop Band, Soloist of the Arturo Sandoval All-Star Youth Jazz Band, and Tatiana performed at the First Annual Grammy Museum Gala along with Boys 2 Men, Kelly Roland, Smokey Robinson, and Michael Bolton. She performed with Stevie Wonder, and Sting. She co-arranged and performed with Doechii on Tiny Desk. She performed at The Billboard Women In Music Awards with TLC.

She performed at the BET Awards with Lizzo. She played on the title track for the Reasonable Doubt movie series on HULU, with Adrian Young, Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Lucy Pearl / A Tribe Called Quest). Tatiana is a frequent featured performer with the Allstar Jazz, Funk, R&B, All Female Super Group, Jazz In Pink. She has performed at many festivals and concert venues throughout the country, Dymally International Jazz & Arts Festival, Washington D.C. Women in Jazz Festival, Next Generation Jazz Festival, Gardena Jazz Festival, Long Beach Uptown Jazz Festival, and many, many more.

Tatiana has shared the stage with Yolanda Adams, David Sanborn, Clora Bryant, Brian Culbertson, Norman Brown, Brian Simpson, Jeanette Harris, Boney James, After-7, Peabo Bryson, Eric Benet, Damien Escobar, Aloe Blacc, Chaka Khan, Con Funk Shun, Stanley Clarke, Frankie Beverly, Sheila E., and Ronnie Laws.

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Inspired by Jazz artists like Clora Bryant, Freddy Hubbard and Kamasi Washington, Tatiana relishes free improvisation, avant-garde experimentation, and a melodic approach to her distinctive tone, mixing spiritual, afro-futurist jazz with soul, funk, hip-hop rhythms, and global influences. Tatiana has a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies and Commercial Music Composition.

This Award-wining artist is band leader of the Tatiana Tate Band, a group of masterfully talented musicians ready to prove Jazz, Funk and Soul is alive and well with the next generation.