Michael Hackett with Christine Salerno Trio

Michael Hackett with Christine Salerno Trio

See www.doorcountyjazzfestival.com for location

(sponsored by the University of Wisconsin Whitewater) 

Michael Hackett is an accomplished jazz trumpet player, composer, and arranger currently residing near Madison, Wisconsin.  He is presently serving as Associate Professor of Jazz and Commercial Music and Director of Jazz Studies at The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and is an active performer, clinician and adjudicator. Dr. Hackett’s career has been quite diverse backing up artists Aretha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Frankie Valli, and Perry Como and performing in jazz clubs across the country. He has performed as a member of The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and Vince Giordano and The Nighthawks, and his playing has been featured in national television and radio commercials as well as on many commercially available recordings. Dr. Hackett will be joined with Christine Salerno on piano, Mark Urness on bass and Ethan Noordyk on drums.

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