Bria Skonberg in New York

Bria Skonberg is a Canadian jazz trumpeter and singer from Chilliwack, British Columbia, based in New York since 2010. She works in the hot jazz tradition of Louis Armstrong, pairing bold trumpet with smoky vocals. Her Sony Masterworks album "Bria" (2016) won the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year. She co-founded the New York Hot Jazz Festival and has played Carnegie Hall, Newport and Monterey.