Nabaté Isles, born around 1979 in New York City, is an American jazz trumpeter,
composer, and television presenter. At age twelve, Isles performed with Wynton
Marsalis, Jimmy Owens, Jon Faddis, and Doc Cheatham at a concert in Queens
College. He studied at the Eastman School of Music and earned degrees from New
York University. In the late 1990s, Isles began working with Steve Coleman's
band. Throughout the following decade, he collaborated with various artists
including Fred Ho, Mike Longo, Mos Def, James Newton, Charli Persip, Ravi
Coltrane, Freda Payne, and the Mingus Big Band...