Born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1960, Dwight Trible is a jazz vocalist, composer, arranger, and percussionist. He has received accolades from the press over the course of his career, including being called ‘probably the greatest jazz singer in the world…’ by The Jazz Journal. Born in Cincinnati, he relocated to Los Angeles, California to be part of the city’s local jazz scene. Mentored by pianist and band leader Horace Tapscott, he joined Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra and became musical director for vocals. Tapscott died in 1999 and Dwight Trible continued to lead the band. In 2001, he released his solo debut album, Horace, which was a tribute to his late mentor. His second album, Living Water (2004), included musical contributions from Charles Owens, Adam Rudolphon, and Harold Land, Jr. Dwight Trible also lent his vocal skills to works by a variety of jazz musicians including Bobby Hutcherson, Norman Connors, Harry Belafonte, and others. He came to the attention of a wider audience when he signed to the Ninja Tune label and released his album Love Is the Answer (2005), recorded with the Life Force Trio. In 2008, he recorded the album Venus of Harlem with Paul Zauner’s Blue Brass. He continued to work on a variety of projects with Alex Cline, John Beasley, Kahil El’Zabar’s Ritual Trio, Jeri Brown, and Kamasi Washington. Dwight Trible then released the album Cosmic in 2011. Signing with Gondwanda Records, he released the album Inspirations (2017), a collaboration with British trumpeter and DJ Mathew Halsall. In 2019, he released the album Mothership, followed a year later by Pathways & Passages, an album recorded by Dwight Trible and his spiritual jazz supergroup Cosmic Vibrations.
