The Connor Bernhard Group

Connor Bernhard is an in demand trumpeter in Chicago, Illinois where he plays every genre, from esoteric creative music, to simple and tight groove-based hits.

After growing up around a musically inclined family and especially his jazz saxophone playing father, Connor started playing guitar at the age of 7 and then trumpet at 10. Though he seriously studied guitar throughout his entire childhood, he was mainly self-taught on the trumpet until college when he studied with Art Davis and learned the roots and rhythm of blues and swing music from renowned jazz educator, Ronald Carter at Northern Illinois University where he was afforded the experience of touring with jazz greats such as Ernie Watts, Randy Brecker, Victor Lewis, Wycliffe Gordon, Terell Stafford, and Steve Davis.