B-side

Award winning trumpeter and composer Kenyatta Beasley began playing the trumpet at the age of three under the tutelage of his father. A New Orleans native, Kenyatta has recorded and performed with a wide range of internationally renowned artists ranging from Shakira, Wynton Marsalis, Matchbox 20, and Jay Z to Ben Harper, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Mary J. Blige, the Saturday Night Live Band and countless others. A graduate of New York University, he has written musical underscores to over 20 short films, 3 feature films and has written music for countless TV and radio ads. Under the direction of Quincy Jones, Kenyatta contributed to the underscore to "Get Rich Or Die Tryin’", and won Best Original Score at the 2007 Brooklyn Arts Council Film Festival for the short film, "Heroes Wanted." Join him and host Wes Jackson in studio for a night of music and storytelling, on this episode of B-Side. •••• The B-Side Podcast is produced by Charlie Hoxie, Kecia Cole, Ro Johnson and Sachar Mathias; recorded by Onel M