Rick Braun is an English smooth jazz trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone and keyboards player, vocalist, composer, and record producer. “Since releasing his debut album in 1992 for Mesa/Bluemoon, Rick Braun has established himself as one of the most popular and prolific artists within the smooth-jazz genre. The trumpeter’s albums routinely top the charts and his tours…sell out theaters across the country. But his commercial success belies a strong affinity and facility for mainstream jazz.” – Jazz Times 

Braun has cited as influences Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Chet Baker, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie and Her Albert.  He achieved several top chartings including Kisses in the Rain (as high as number 1), R n R (as high as number 1), All It Takes (as high as number 2), and Can You Feel It (as high as number 1) along with charting at the Traditional Jazz Albums for the first time in 2011 with the vocal album Sings with Strings (as high as number 9)

Braun performs in the band BWB, with saxophonist Kirk Whalum and guitarist Norman Brown.  He has performed live with known musicians such as Candy Dulfer, Dave Koz, Jackiem Joyner and Peter White.