Robert Beasley
Jazz Combo Coach

Robert Beasley is a trumpeter, composer, and educator residing in Santa Fe. As a performer, he has backed up many touring artists, most notably Ahmad Jamal, The Smithsonian Masterworks Jazz Orchestra, The Temptations, Maelo Ruiz, Tony Vega, and Frankie Negron.

Robert’s recording credits include The New Triumph’s “Night Trip” and “Keep on Push’n,” James Ziegler’s “Better,” and Dyaphonic’s “Element of Proof,” as well as work for composers such as Mateo Messina, Phillip Peterson, Andrew Joslyn, and Garrett Gonzales.

His theater experience includes more than 100 performances of Verlaine and McCann’s “Land of the Sweets: Taahe Burlesque Nutcracker,” Verlaine and McCann’s “Through the Looking Glass: The Burlesque Alice in Wonderland,” and Seattle Children’s Theater’s “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.”