Kevin Turcotte


Kevin Turcotte is a trumpet player based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Turcotte is also on faculty at York University.

Early life and education

Turcotte grew up in Sudbury, Ontario, He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the Banff School of Fine Arts.

Career

Turcotte has performed with Mike Murley and Rob McConnell and The Boss Brass, and has recorded with Barry Romberg.
In 2001 Turcotte joined the group Great Uncles of the Revolution. Their album Stand Up won a West Coast Music Award.
In 2002, Turcotte was named trumpeter of the year in Canada's inaugural National Jazz Awards.
In 2014 he provided the trumpet tracks for Chet Baker's performances in the biographic film Born to Be Blue about the late American jazz musician.
The Great Uncles of the Revolution released a second album, bLOW tHE hOUSE dOWN, for which Turcotte composed two of the tracks. The album won a 2004 Juno Award as Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year.