Ally Hany Albrecht is a professional trumpet player, arranger, composer, and educator based in Washington DC. She is a member of the United States Navy Band, where she plays jazz trumpet with the Commodores jazz ensemble.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in jazz studies from the University of North Texas in 2014 and a Master of Music in jazz arts from the Manhattan School of Music in 2017. Her teachers include Tony Kadleck, Scott Wendholt and Jay Saunders. Albrecht played jazz trumpet in the Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Land Band at the University of North Texas, and has also performed with the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, the Jim Widner Big Band, Maria Schneider and Wycliff Gordon, as well as her own quintet, which released their first album, “Journeys Ahead,” in 2016. She was the second-place winner in the jazz division of the 2017 National Trumpet Competition.
In 2017, Albrecht joined the U.S. Air Force Band of the Golden West at Travis Air Force Base, California, where she performed with the big band and concert band and was the musical director of the jazz combo. Her duties also included composing and arranging for a variety of groups in multiple styles. Highlights from her time in the band include being a soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, playing on ESPN Live for Monday Night Football and performing her own compositions at the Monterey Jazz Festival. She was named the Band of the Golden West’s Musician of the Year in 2018.
Continuing her military career, in 2021 Ally accepted a position with the US Navy Band’s premier jazz ensemble, the Commodores, and moved to Washington DC. She performs and tours extensively with the group, and also continues to freelance around the Washington DC metro area.
Photographer: Alyssa Hedenstrom