Vivek Viswanathan – trumpet
Vivek has been playing trumpet with Close Enough For Jazz from the beginning. A New Jersey native, he studied trumpet under the late Joe Scannella of Ewing, NJ while attending Lawrence High School. He later attended Johns Hopkins University where he played with the JHU Jazz Band and Jazz Ensemble, graduating in 2009. Now residing in Silver Spring, he continues to play with CEFJ in addition to occasional collaborations with DC area musicians. In his spare time, Vivek also plays the acoustic guitar.