Jason Palmer is an acclaimed trumpeter, composer, and educator recognized as one of the leading voices in contemporary jazz. A recipient of the Massachusetts Cultural Council Music Composition Fellowship, the French American Cultural Exchange Jazz Fellowship, and winner of the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Solo Competition, Palmer was also named by DownBeat as one of the magazine’s "Top 25 Trumpeters of the Future." He has released 17 albums as a leader, toured in more than 40 countries, and performed with acclaimed artists including Mark Turner, Greg Osby, Allison Miller, Grace Kelly, and Matana Roberts. In addition to his international performing career, Palmer serves on the faculties of Berklee College of Music, the New England Conservatory, and Arizona State University, and previously taught at Harvard University and The New School.