The Inspirations and Explorations of Riley Mulherkar

About this episode

Riley Mulherkar discusses his musical influences and projects in a conversation with Jazz88's Peter Solomon.

Riley Mulherkar is a Seattle native and Julliard-trained trumpeter and composer who has embraced both jazz roots and modern production techniques in crafting his art. In a conversation with Jazz88's Peter Solomon, he discusses his musical influences, the brass ensemble The Westerlies that he helped to found, and his solo debut project "Riley." Mulherkar will appear at Berlin in Minneapolis on April 15th.

People in this episode

Host: Peter Solomon

Guest: Riley Mulherkar

Topics covered

• jazz
• music production
• trumpet
• composition

Keywords

• Seattle
• Julliard
• The Westerlies
• solo debut
• Berlin

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Riley

Books & works: The Inspirations and Explorations, Riley

Places: Seattle, Minneapolis

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