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  • Nana 3051
  • Satan's Little Trumpet Player

About Charmaine

Charmaine Michelle is a trumpet player, composer and writer, from Northern Virginia, but has been residing in Baltimore for 15 years.

In 1999, she took a break from the Arts to start a family and to complete an undergraduate degree in African History with a minor in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and then received her Masters Degree in Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech. In 2008, during the decline of her marriage she returned to the trumpet for solace and… more

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Songs of My Family

This project includes songs written for members of my family.   

  • Nana 3051

    This song I wrote for my mother and grandmother played by my band The Charmaine Michelle Quintet....

    Trumpet - Charmaine Michelle Alto Sax - Rachel Winder Piano - Justin Taylor Bass - Daryl Adams Drums - Bakhari - Nokuri

  • Song For Imani

    A song I wrote for my daughter, arranged for Big Band by Bakhari Nokuri

  • Prayer for my Son

    This song is written and arragened by me, produced and played on bass by Bakhari Nokuri

The Chronicles of Lady Bleak

These are poems about my life as a female jazz trumpet player

  • Satan's Little Trumpet Player
  • A Cancer Drowns
  • Forever let me go