RUSS MACKLEM DETROIT QUINTET

Russ Macklem is a Detroit/Windsor-based trumpet player, composer, educator, and recording

artist. Russ’ 2023 debut, The South Detroit Connection, was nominated for a JUNO-award. It

was the first live album recorded in Windsor in 22 years: the last was recorded by Detroit

trumpet legend, Marcus Belgrave. Belgrave’s son, saxophonist Kasan Belgrave is featured both

on the album, and in Russ’ Quintet. The Russ Macklem Detroit Quintet headlined at the 2024

Detroit Jazz Festival. The quintet will record Russ’ next record in March of 2025 for release in

late summer.

Russ’ Quintet appears every first Friday of the month at MotorCity Wine in Corktown (Detroit)

and elsewhere in the Midwest. As a sideman, Russ has played with a diverse array of artists

including Amp Fiddler, Dave Holland, The Marley Bros (Bob Marley’s sons), Cecil McBee,

Frankie Valli, Dave Liebman, and many others.

Russ earned his Doctor of Musical Arts studying at the University of Miami Frost School of

Music where he was on full-tuition scholarship and was Teaching Assistant to Grammy Award-winning trumpet artist Brian Lynch. After growing up in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada,

Russ attended college at McGill University in Montreal, and New England Conservatory in

Boston for his master’s degree. He has also lived in St. Louis, MO, and Toronto.