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Farnell Newton

Farnell Newton is a Portland trumpeter, composer, producer, and music supervisor whose catalog moves among jazz, soul, funk, hip-hop, and beat-driven projects.

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Career Overview

About Farnell Newton

Newton’s official site identifies a Portland trumpeter, producer, and music-licensing professional whose recorded work spans jazz, funk, Latin music, soul, hip-hop, and lo-fi production. It keeps touring and session credits separate from releases under his own name.[1]

Newton’s artist-run Bandcamp maps an extensive catalog of trumpet-led recordings, beat projects, and collaborations. The Soul of Jazz provides a live leader setting distinct from his production work and from appearances in projects led by other artists.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, trumpeter, and composer

The Soul of Jazz

Newton’s Portland performances use the project as a dedicated live setting for jazz, soul, funk, and trumpet-led repertory.[1]

Trumpeter, composer, and producer

Farnell Newton leader catalog

The artist-run catalog separates trumpet features, small-group releases, beat albums, and collaborations.[2]

Producer, composer, and music supervisor

Formation Sound and sync work

Newton’s official biography documents music licensing, supervision, production, and custom composition alongside performance.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2011

Class Is Now in Session

Leader, trumpeter, and composer

This early leader release establishes the trumpet-centered strand of Newton’s artist-run catalog.[2]

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2016

Back to Earth

Leader, trumpeter, and producer

The album broadens Newton’s leader work across jazz, soul, funk, and production-centered textures.[2][1]

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2020

Rippin' & Runnin'

Leader, trumpeter, and producer

The release belongs to the later sequence of artist-controlled trumpet and production projects.[2]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Farnell Newton on Bandcamp

Stream the artist-run catalog spanning trumpet-led jazz, soul, funk, beats, and collaborations.

Official YouTube channel

Watch Newton’s trumpet performances, sessions, and project videos on his artist channel.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Sat, Sep 26, 6:30 PM

Holly Resnick Quintet with Special Guest Farnell Newton

The 1905 · Portland

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Sat, Sep 26, 6:30 PM

Holly Resnick Quartet with Special Guest Farnell Newton

The 1905 · Portland

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Sat, Sep 26, 8:30 PM

Holly Resnick Quartet with Special Guest Farnell Newton

The 1905 · Portland

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Sat, Sep 26, 8:30 PM

Holly Resnick Quintet with Special Guest Farnell Newton

The 1905 · Portland

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Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography, production work, and project guide

    Farnell Newton

  2. [2] Artist-run recording catalog

    Farnell Newton