Biography

Jonas Due is a danish trumpet player and a growing persona on the vibrant music scene of Copenhagen. Whilst truly dedicated to his instrument he shows his skills through exciting improvisations and compelling compositions flavored by neo soul, mainstream jazz and avant-garde.

Born 1993 into a musically family Jonas picked up the cornet at the age of five and was through his childhood exposed to recordings by artists such as Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Oscar Peterson and he quickly found himself playing in local bands and orchestras. 

In 2011 he entered pre-conservatory in Aarhus where he studied with trumpeter and composer Jakob Buchanan. At this point he had already started to dig deeper into the world of composition and arrangement while continuously working on mastering the trumpet. 

Before graduating from the Rhythmic Conservatory (Copenhagen Denmark) Jonas had already been touring in most of europe, U.S.A. and Japan and studied with artists such as Ambrose Akinmusire, Jason Moran, Tomasz Stanko, Dave Douglas and Tim Hagans. 

After graduating form conservatory in 2017 he has been a active member of the growing mainstream jazz scene in Copenhagen. Despited his clear dedication to the afro-american music Due can often be found in projects of other genres, always with a true deepclear mellow trumpet tone and sensitive lyrical language.