Trumpeter Brian Lynch is truly a virtuoso. A respected insider within both the hardcore bebop and Latin communities, he's as comfortable with Afro-Caribbean pioneer Eddie Palmieri as swinging with bebop maestro Phil Woods. He has worked in recent years with Barbarito Torres, dance remixer Joe Clausell, has arranged for Japanese pop star Mika Nakashima and producer Shinichi Osawa, and has written string charts for Phil Woods, and has played with such pop luminaries as Maxwell, Prince, and Sheila E. This is Brian’s first sailing on The Jazz Cruise.