Corey Wallace DUBtet

"As an artist, I am committed to the integrity of the music people refer to as jazz - to Black American Music and the cultures from which the many sub and neighboring genres arose. It is of the utmost importance to "get it right" and to be a conduit in this lineage of music, but to also represent and contribute what is "right now" so that the music and culture doesn't continue to be a caricature of itself. Upholding the tradition, and continuing to move forward with integrity." - Corey A. Wallace The Baltimore, MD native has gained the respect and admiration of many in his relentless pursuit of all things good music and impactful life experiences. He was selected as the 2012 Best Trombonist by the Washington [D.C.] City Paper for his “technical fluidity and for the heavy dose [of] introspection that sits right on the surface of his playing”; more recently, he was again selected as Best Trombonist in the 2019 NYC Reader Jazz Poll (sponsored by Hot House Magazine/Jazzmobile) in a deep field of legends and luminaries - Wycliffe Gordon, Steve Davis, John Fedchock, and Ryan Keberle - not just for his playing, but for being a staple and anchor on the NYC scene, across generations. With a deep connection to the bandstand, audience, the music, culture, and the classroom he has been afforded many opportunities to share and create moments with other amazing musicians - and educators his influences, the elders, and icons, who have laid the foundation for what the music is, as well as his contemporaries who continue and expand the tradition. In alignment with this path, he also leads the Corey Wallace DUBtet, a group dedicated to creativity and integrity in Black American Music and beyond. In 2021, he joined the Syracuse University Setnor School of Music faculty, teaching jazz and applied trombone. As a teaching artist, he has taught at the Baltimore School for the Arts, the Harlem School for the Arts, in the New York Public School System, and was an esteemed faculty member and artist-in-residence in a variety of programs at Jazz at Lincoln Center (2017-2020). He also has a growing number of private students dedicated to studying the trombone and learning from his wide array of life and music experiences.