Natalie Cressman

Natalie Cressman
Background information
Born
San Francisco, California
GenresJazz, pop, rock
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTrombone
Years active2010–present
LabelCressman Music
Member of
Websitenataliecressman.com

Natalie Cressman is an American jazz trombonist and vocalist.

Career

Cressman was born in San Francisco to jazz musicians Sandy and Jeff Cressman. When her father was part of Carlos Santana's band, she danced onstage with him at Madison Square Garden.[1] In her early teens, she began performing with Afro Cuban, Brazilian, and jazz bands. Cressman graduated from San Francisco's Ruth Asawa School of the Arts.[2] At the age of eighteen she moved to New York City to attend the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Luis Bonilla, Garry Dial, Laurie Frink, and Wycliffe Gordon. She joined a band led by Trey Anastasio.[3] She performed with Nicholas Payton's Television Symphony Orchestra and Peter Apfelbaum's New York Hieroglyphics Ensemble.[3] In 2012, she played at the Apollo Theater as a soloist in Wycliffe Gordon's Jazz a la Carte.[3] She founded the band Secret Garden.[3] She has appeared with the bands Dumpstaphunk and Lettuce, and has been an artist at large at Bear Creek Music Festival.[4]

Discography

Solo
  • Turn the Sea (2014)[5]
  • The Traces (EP; 2017)[6]
With Ian Faquini
  • Setting Rays of Summer (2019)[7]
  • Auburn Whisper (2022)[8]
  • GUINGA (2023)[9]
  • An Old Fashioned Christmas (EP; 2023)[10]
  • Revolução (2025)[11]
  • Brazilian Nutcracker (EP; 2025)[12]

References

  1. ↑ Greenhaus, Mike (March 5, 2017). "Traces of Natalie Cressman". Jambands. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  2. ↑ Gilbert, Andrew (February 24, 2016). "Trombonist Natalie Cressman honors jazz pioneer". SFGate. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "What's on Your Playlist: Natalie Cressman". September 21, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ Herbert, Kiran (June 21, 2013). "Natalie Cressman's Graduation Day". Jambands. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ Bailey, C. Michael (February 19, 2014). "Natalie Cressman: Turn the Sea". All About Jazz. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  6. ↑ Amorosi, A.D. (July 28, 2024). "Natalie Cressman Turns Down the Volume". Jazz Times. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  7. ↑ Gilbert, Andrew (August 4, 2024). "Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini: Setting Rays of Summer (Cressman Music)". Jazz Times. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  8. ↑ Fukushima, Gary (July 2022). "Natalie Cressman & Ian Faquini: Auburn Whisper". DownBeat. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  9. ↑ Budnick, Dean (July 12, 2024). "Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini: The Tandem Takes on Guinga". Relix. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  10. ↑ n.a. (November 7, 2023). "Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini on New Holiday EP 'An Old Fashioned Christmas' to Fight Colon Cancer".
  11. ↑ Team JamBase (September 26, 2025). "Don't Miss New Albums From Jeff Tweedy, Amanda Shires, Neko Case, Cate Le Bon & Others". JamBase. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
  12. ↑ Gustafson, Hana (November 11, 2025). "Natalie Cressman and Ian Faquini Partner with the Nancy Langhorne Foundation to Release New Charity Christmas EP 'Brazilian Nutcracker'". Relix. Retrieved May 26, 2026.
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