WBGO | By Gary Walker
Published May 17, 2026 at 11:30 PM EDT

Growing up in Ohio, trumpeter Ted Chubb fell in Love with Miles Davis, and never looked back.

Over the years Ted's creativity has been heard with Billy Hart, George Coleman, Wallace Roney, Christian McBride and Antonio Hart among countless others. Paying it forward, Ted was an integral part of education at Jazz House Kids, and he currently also teaches at Princeton.
Ted has always preferred creating spaces where jazz can be heard up close.

Trumpeter and composer Ted Chubb has spent much of his career creating spaces where jazz can be heard up close. A longtime New York–area bandleader, educator whose playing reflects the lyrical lineage of Booker Little, Art Farmer, and Kenny Dorham, he and his wife reopened a historic Jersey City building, the Statuary — an intimate performance space where audiences sit just feet from the band. Live at The Statuary captures that atmosphere over four nights with longtime collaborators Bruce Williams, Oscar Perez, Tom DiCarlo, and Jerome Jennings.