Trumpeter Dr. Alex Norris performs all over the world with the Mingus Big Band and Dynasty, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Conrad Herwig’s Latin Side All Stars, Amina Figarova’s Sextet, his own jazz group, and with countless other jazz and Latin jazz artists. He has also worked with the Village Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Toshiko Akiyoshi’s Jazz Orchestra, Maria Schneider’s Band, and was a member of Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead from 1994-1998.  Norris later performed and/or recorded extensively with Lonnie Plaxico, Jason Lindner, Ralph Irizarry’s Timbalaye, Slide Hampton, Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, Chris Potter, Carl Allen, John Patitucci, Helen Sung, Mulgrew Miller, and Brian Blade. Norris is active in Afro-Cuban jazz, having worked with Andy and Jerry Gonzalez, Manny Oquendo, Paquito D’Rivera, Eddie Palmieri, and Chico O’Farrill.. After receiving a master’s degree in 1995 from the Manhattan School of Music, Norris taught at the New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music, Towson University, and the City College of New York. In 2007, he received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Miami Frost School of Music and taught at the University of Miami. He was a member of the Jazz Studies faculty at the Peabody Conservatory of Music from 2010-18 and again in 2022. He maintains an active schedule as a jazz clinician worldwide.  Norris has four solo releases and a fifth one slated for release 2024-25. As a sideman, Alex Norris has recorded on over 100 albums, several for labels such as Blue Note, Verve, Impulse, Steeplechase, Savant/High Note, Fresh Sounds/New Talent, Motema, and Sunnyside. Furthermore, he has several of his Latin jazz compositions published by 3-2music.com.