Chris Jaudes just concluded a lead trumpet stint for the Broadway hit production of Gypsy starring Bernadette Peters. He was cited in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times for his outstanding trumpet solos in that production. Click here for full NY Times article >>

A much sought after lead player, his other Broadway shows include Flower Drum Song with Lea Salonga, Annie Get Your Gun with Bernadette Peters and Reba McEntire, Ragtime with Brian Stokes Mitchell, On The Town, Sunset Blvd. with Glenn Close, Steel Pier, CATS and Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby. He has toured with Evita, Peter Pan, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, and South Africa Rejoice.

He can be heard on the Grammy award winning albums of Annie Get Your Gun and Gypsy as well as cast albums of  Flower Drum Song, Ragtime, Sunset Blvd., and Steel Pier.

Chris can also be heard here in one of his many solos with the BBBC :

Chris has performed with Sammy Davis, Jr., Doc Severinsen, Jerry Lewis, The Pointer Sisters, Joel Grey, Chita Rivera, Lou Rawls, John Tesh, Red Skelton, Bob Hope, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Ann Margaret, Jack Jones, Juliet Prowse, Shirley MacLaine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Shania Twain, Dionne Warwick, Al Hirt, Lena Horne, Liza Minnelli, Burt Bacharach, Michel Legrand, Liberace,  Barry Manilow, Celine Dion and many others.

Chris has been a featured soloist throughout the United States and around the world.  His versatile playing style has given him opportunities to perform with The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Oklahoma City Symphony, New Jersey Symphony, Carolina Pops Orchestra, as well as with a number of ensembles in the New York area.  He has performed as a soloist at the New York Brass Conference, International Trumpet Guild Conference and the Brass Arts Festival in London, England.

He can be heard on numerous jingles and recordings and most recently has received acclaim for his performance on "Imperial Brass and Friends." click here>>

Chris is honored to be a member of BBBC with such a collection of incredibly talented and inspiring musicians.