Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Milena Casado (trumpet, flugelhorn) is a member of the 2023 Next Jazz Legacy cohort. Her apprenticeship is with Nicholas Payton, and her creative mentor is Meshell Ndegeocello.

About Next Jazz Legacy:
Next Jazz Legacy is a national apprenticeship program for women and non-binary improvisers in jazz, with the intersection of gender and race as a guiding principle. Next Jazz Legacy is a partnership between New Music USA and the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice with support from the Mellon Foundation and Joe and Nancy Walker.

Learn more at newmusicusa.org/program/next-jazz-legacy

Video by Mariana Meraz