Hailey Brinnel is a trombonist, vocalist, and educator is based in Philadelphia, PA.  At the age of 12 she began performing throughout New England with her father Dave Brinnel.  Brinnel was a finalist in the 2021 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and named one of GRAMMY.com's "10 Emerging Jazz Artists to Watch".  She has performed at venues around the world, having played with artists such as The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, RAYE, Terell Stafford, Bobby Rydell, Ann Hampton Callaway, Wycliffe Gordon, The Philly Pops, Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, Ingrid Jensen, Anat Cohen, and Haley Reinhart.. She shared the stage with Maurice Hines and The DIVA Jazz Orchestra as part of the national tour of the Hines' off-Broadway production "Tappin' Thru Life".

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Hailey Brinnel's performance highlights include prestigious venues such as Dizzy’s Club, The Kennedy Center, The North Sea Jazz Festival, The Kimmel Center, Birdland Jazz Club, Lincoln Center, The XPoNential Music Festival, The Lake George Jazz Festival, World Cafe Live, and The Washington Women in Jazz Festival. She has also recorded music for the Fox TV Network and NBC.

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Her critically acclaimed sophomore album Beautiful Tomorrow was released in March of 2023 and received a 4-star review from DownBeat Magazine.  Her debut album, I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles peaked at #13 on Amazon's 'Jazz New Release' chart, and #44 on the website's Jazz Best-Seller chart.  Brinnel's music is rooted firmly in the original intentions of 1920s-1940s jazz, arranged such that the energy is preserved but new life is undoubtedly breathed into them. Stafford praises Brinnel for “honoring the history of this music” and sounding “so pure and soulful” that “I can’t stop listening!”

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As an educator, Brinnel has worked in a variety of settings spanning early childhood, elementary general, secondary instrumental and vocal, private lessons, master classes, as well as collegiate-level education courses.  She was previously on faculty at The University of the Arts and The Kimmel Center, and tours as a guest clinician to bring jazz education to classrooms across the country.  She was also a featured clinician in the 2020 National Jazz Conference with her workshop A Melodic Approach to Scat Singing.

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Hailey Brinnel is a B.A.C. Musical Instruments Performing Artist and a signed artist on the New York based Outside in Music record label.