Recognized by The New York Times as “a trumpeter of versatility and poise”, Tatum Greenblatt is highly regarded as one of New York City’s most in-demand trumpet players across a broad range of styles and genres. 

Tatum appears frequently with The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, in performances at Rose Hall—including being featured as Guest Soloist for Wynton Marsalis’ 60th Birthday Celebration to open the 2021-2022 Season—touring domestically, and having recently recorded on The 50’s: a Prism, Big Band Holidays Vol 2, and Ted Nash and Glenn Close’s Transformation. He has also been a member of the Grammy-Award winning Mingus Big Band for over fifteen years, performing regularly in New York and touring internationally. From 2010-16, Tatum toured extensively with the legendary bassist and singer Richard Bona, traveling to over sixty countries across six continents. He has also performed and/or recorded with Blood Sweat & Tears, George Gruntz, Dr. John, Christian McBride’s Big Band, Jimmy Heath, Sachal Vasandani, Christian Sands, Ulysses Owens, Emmet Cohen, Macklemore, Bastille, Grizzly Bear, Shaina Taub, Orrin Evans, Roy Hargrove’s Big Band, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, among many others. Tatum is active on Broadway, having played on more than twenty productions, including holding the trumpet chair for three years on Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. 

As a bandleader Tatum has released three albums to critical acclaim. His most recent, Imprints, was awarded “Critic’s Pick” by DownBeat Magazine. In addition to his performance career, Tatum is a dedicated educator. He currently serves on faculty in the Jazz Department at The Juilliard School (where he is also an alum), spent five years on faculty at Rutgers University, and performs many roles within the Education Department at Jazz at Lincoln Center, including as Director of the award-winning Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Orchestra. As a conductor, Tatum has led The Juilliard Jazz Orchestra in concerts at Peter J. Sharpe Theater and Alice Tully Hall, the 2023 Arizona All-State Jazz Orchestra, and the Future of Jazz Orchestra in performance with Alvin Ailey Dance Theater at New York City Center in 2022 and 2023.