Jeremy Powell was born in the year 1979, into a very musical family. His father plays the electric bass, his mother cello, his late grandmothers played piano, and his younger brother Jonathan Powell is an accomplished trumpet player who has played professionally with artists ranging from Kenny Werner to Q-Tip to Sam Rivers. It is no wonder that Jeremy is where he is now as a result of these influences.
Before Jeremy had finished high school he had received both of the Louis Armstrong and Woody Herman excellence in jazz awards as well as numerous musical scholarships that helped him further his studies at the University of South Florida from 1997-98 and later at the New School University in Manhattan from 2000-2004. While at New School University Jeremy studied with such world renowned players as Seamus Blake, Chris Cheek, Miguel Zenon, George Garzone, Reggie Workman, Jaime Haadad, and Armen Donelean to name a few. In 2003 Jeremy was awarded the John Coltrane scholarship and as a result, played in the 2003 John Coltrane Jazz festival.
After graduating with honors from the New School in 2004 Jeremy started his own music production company, Mayhem Productions, which is dedicated to giving deserving artists and musicians more exposure in today's world. With Mayhem Productions Jeremy has produced and released three cds for two of his own groups (THE 5et and Mayhem 7) and one that he co-manages (Doctor Oscillator).
Jeremy's latest musical collaborations have been with the world renowned choral conductor James Jordan and the Westminster Choir on a number of choral concerts as well as a published arrangement of a Palestrina piece that Jeremy was asked to write a solo soprano sax part for. Jeremy also recently played at the 2006 Latin Grammy Awards held at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Jeremy is currently working on a new live album for Doctor Oscillator which is expected to be released through Mayhem Productions in early 2007 (more information about Jeremy, his production company and the many artists associated with it can be found at: http://www.mayhemproductions.us).