Horn player Jake Baldwin and vocalist Tommy Boynton will celebrate the August releases of their latest albums—Vanishing Point and Tommy Tunes II: Too Casual, respectively—with a charming, cozy, and fun co-headlined show.

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Vanishing Point is Jake Baldwin’s third release on Shifting Paradigm Records. Featuring Baldwin on trumpet and cornet, Cody McKinney on bass, Adam Harder Nussbaum on drums, and Toivo Hannigan on guitar, the edgy jazz-rock album presents a dynamic mix of original compositions—split evenly between Baldwin and Hannigan. A vanishing point is the spot on the horizon where sight fades, yet we sense there’s more beyond. Inspired by this idea, the music explores what lies just out of reach—pushing forward into the unknown with bold, imaginative sound.

A follow-up to 2024’s Tommy Tunes, Tommy Tunes II: Too Casual is a laid-back collection of American tunes curated by singer and multi-instrumentalist Tommy Boynton. The album celebrates the joy of gathering, the heat of summer, and a touch of lust, all captured live in the cozy setting of Boynton’s living room.

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Jake Baldwin is one of the busiest freelance trumpet players in the Midwest. You can hear him with groups ranging from the iconic Four Freshmen to the Minnesota Orchestra. In 2023, Jake won a Grammy for his contributions to the video game Assassin’s Creed: Ragnarok. His most recent release, Misc. Items on the Shifting Paradigm record label, was hailed by DownBeat magazine as one of their "Best Releases Of 2023."

Jake Baldwin Band Members:
Jake Baldwin - Trumpet/Cornet/Composition
Toivo Hannigan - Guitar/Composition
Cody McKinney - Electric Bass
Adam Harder Nussbaum - Drums

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Tommy Boynton is a jazz singer, composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist residing in St. Paul, MN. He attended the School for Music Vocations at Southwestern Community College in Creston, IA, where he studied jazz voice, classical and jazz piano, composition, arranging, and studio engineering. This two-year program led him to complete his studies in Boston at the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC), where he studied jazz voice with Dominique Eade, Ran Blake, and Fred Hersch.

Since graduating from NEC in 2012, Tommy has been an active collaborator in the Midwest music scene and an international touring musician with the Four Freshmen, Fred Hersch, the River Monks, Extravision, Field Division, his own project of original song cycles, and much more. When Tommy joined the Four Freshmen in 2015, he was only the fourth person to sing the lead melody part since the group’s inception in 1948. He was initially the bass player for the ensemble and has since switched to the second harmony part and guitar. With the Four Freshmen, Tommy has performed at some of the world’s premiere establishments, including the Cotton Club in Tokyo, the Blue Note in Beijing, the Dirty Dog Jazz Cafe, Live at Emmet’s Place, the Oslo Jazz Festival, and the Detroit Jazz Festival. He has collaborated with the Phat Band, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and the Tex Benecke Orchestra and has recorded with Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall, Kyle Poole, Butch Miles, Ken Peplowski, Katie Thiroux, and more.

Tommy Boynton Band Members:
Tommy Boynton - Guitar/Voice
Jake Baldwin - Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Stephanie Wieseler - Tenor Saxophone
Garrett Jones - Bassoon