Owuor Arunga

Owuor Arunga is a jazz trumpeter.

Owuor Arunga
Born	Kisumu, Kenya
Genres	Jazz, hip Hop
Occupation	Trumpeter
Years active	2000–present

He was born in Kisumu in Kenya and moved to New York in the early 2000s, where he studied in The New School's Jazz & Contemporary Music Program.^[1] Some of the artist he's played amongst or apprenticed with include Charlie Persip, Candido Camero, Billy Bang, The Cadillacs, Robert Glasper, Louis Reyes Rivera, Olu Dara, Jimmy Owens, and Chico Freeman. In 2005 he recorded with Ahmed Abdullah.^[2] He was given the nickname of 'The Pied Piper' by his elder musicians.^[3]

Arunga has also played with Seattle hip hop acts including Macklemore (The Heist), The Physics, and Black Stax.^[4]

From his origin as a member of the Garfield High School Jazz Band, Owuor has since played around the United States and toured around the world, including Canada, Europe and South Africa.

Discography

• 2004: Ahmed Abdullah - Traveling the Spaceways
• 2012: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist

References

1. "Fall 2004 Series at New School University Jazz & Contemporary Music Program". All About Jazz. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
2. Butters, Rex (17 April 2005). "Ahmed Abdullah's Dispersions of the Spirit of RA: Traveling the Spaceways (2005)". All About Jazz. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
3. Walubengo, Laura (25 July 2013). "Owuor Arunga: The Pied Piper of Macklemore (2013)". DSTV. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
4. Mudede, Charles (12 June 2013). "The Hiphop List That Made 206 Butthurt". The Stranger. Archived from the original on 11 October 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013 – via HighBeam Research.