Chris DiMeglio is a trumpeter, composer, and vocalist living in New York City. He has performed or recorded with with Greg Bobulinski, Anthony Braxton, Daniel Carter, William Hooker, Jason Kao Hwang, Shahzad Ismaily, Chris Kelsey, Butch Morris, Steve Swell, Satoshi Takeishi, and Anti-Social Music. Chris was a commission recipient from the Festival of New Trumpet Music in 2008, and his first recording as a leader, The Open Field, was released later that year. He is expected to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2040 and to be granted saint status postumously in 3456.

Chris currently performs with DiMeglio-Niggenkemper-Takeishi, the William Hooker Quarter, Twice Kitten and many other creative collaborations. He is completing an album called Simple Songs which uses only piano and voice.

“an exuberant trumpet talent” – All About Jazz

“consistently spirited and inventive” – Downtown Music Gallery

“has absorbed the lessons to be learned from Don Cherry and Lester Bowie and taken things from there” – Gapplegate