Girton Jazz is proud to present trumpet and cornet superstar Byron Wallen and band for the Lent Term concert 2026. Playing trumpet since the mid-1980s, Wallen is widely recognised as a seminal figure in jazz. He is an acclaimed writer and producer whose original scores have been commissioned by the Science Museum, PRS, The BBC, Jerwood Foundation, Southbank Centre, National Theatre, Arts Council, FIFA and Sage Gateshead. He has also composed soundscapes for Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, and Game of Thrones.
Wallen has received the BBC Jazz Innovation award (2003) and has been nominated several times for the MOBO award. In 2017 he received the coveted Paul Hamlyn Composition Award. In 2020, his band Four Corners was nominated for the best band category at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, and in 2021, the band was nominated for the best album for their 'Portrait' album.
Photo credit: Ula Tarasiewicz.