Liam Sutcliffe is a trumpet player who performs regularly as a freelance musician in the Philadelphia/New York metro area. As a New Jersey native, Liam Sutcliffe graduated from Rutgers’ Mason Gross School of the Arts and attended Manhattan School of Music.

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Liam has performed multiple times at John F. Kennedy Center in Washington DC, Dizzy's Club, Birdland in New York City, Chris' Jazz Cafe and South Jazz Kitchen in Philadelphia, and many more.

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He is a member of the 2019 Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program and the 2022 JAS Academy Big Band led by Christian McBride.  Sutcliffe was the winner of the 2020 US Army Blues Solo Competition and the 2022 New Jersey Jazz Society Scholarship.

 

Liam Sutcliffe’s music is strongly rooted in the jazz/bebop tradition and employs modern elements as well.  He strives to fit various genres into the jazz vein the best he can.

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Sutcliffe keeps his audience engaged, entertained, and in a trance in all types of settings. Liam does not only create the ambiance for his venues, but instead, he IS the ambiance.