Brian Lynch is a Grammy award winning trumpeter, appearing on dozens of recordings with Art Blakey, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Phil Woods, and as a bandleader. He is on the faculty at the University of Miami and New York University, and taking time out from his summer involvement at Jazz Aspen-Snowmass to perform at the Niwot Jazz Festival and the Muse, where he will play with the Keith Waters Trio (Waters, Bijoux Barbosa, Todd Reid) and saxophonist Peter Sommer.