edward ratliff | composer and multi-instrumentalist

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Edward Ratliff is a New York City-based composer and multi-instrumentalist, performing on trumpet, cornet, trombone, euphonium and accordion. He has been called "a wonderfully spunky and imperturbable trumpet player" (The New York Times) and "a fine musician who possesses a clever and crafty compositional pen" (AllAboutJazz.com).

His music — urbane, cosmopolitan and sensual — is inspired by a wide range of sources, including Hong Kong movies, jazz, tangos, boleros, the golden age of Hollywood, 18th-century Bohemian wind music, Vietnamese pop music, and free-ranging grooves.

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