Bridgewater Publishing Company

Cecil Bridgewater is one of the world’s top jazz composers and jazz arrangers. Besides playing trumpet with Max Roach for more than 20+ years he’s also arranged for many of the world’s big bands. A first rate professional and really nice person! Cecil is also a great producer. He produced many of my recordings. I consider Cecil my greatest music mentor! He has been a mentor to many of the up and coming and established jazz musicians. Cecilia Smith Vibraphonist/Composer/Multimedia Artist Artistic Director Mary Lou Williams Resurgence Project

Every good singer and/or band leader knows that your book is EVERYTHING! I have come to believe that arrangements are important to crafting ones sound while also developing your own unique abilities and ideas as an artist in order to develop and interpret material needed to sustain a long career. Therefore, having access to a seasoned master like Cecil Bridgewater over many years has truly been a gift! I have had the good fortune of benefiting from his wisdom, knowledge and musicianship he garnered from many years traveling, learning, performing and recording with several of the most notable jazz masters in the history of jazz. He is a link to the past which makes him a natural as a teacher of this music. I've enjoyed having him as a teacher, a musician in many of my ensembles, an arr