Jim Cifelli

Best known for founding the New York Nonet, Manhattan resident Jim Cifelli is a post-bop/hard bop trumpeter and flugelhornist who has considerable skills as an arranger, composer, bandleader and producer. Cifelli's New York Nonet is what veteran hard bop alto saxophonist Phil Woods would describe as a "little big band"; in other words, it is a medium-sized unit--not a full-fledged orchestra or a ...more