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| name = Cindy Bradley

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| alt = Young woman playing a flumpet – a hybrid of a trumpet and a flugelhorn

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| backgroundbirth_name = Cindy Lynn = non_vocal_instrumentalistBradley

| birth_name native_name = Cindy Lynn Bradley

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| aliasbirth_date = {{birth date and = age|1977|12|11}}

| birth_placeorigin = [[North Tonawanda]], New York=

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| death_placegenre = [[Smooth jazz]], contemporary jazz

| genre occupation = [[Smooth jazz]],Musician contemporaryand jazzcomposer

| occupation instrument = Musician andTrumpet, composer[[flugelhorn]]

| years_activelabel = Trippin' N' Rhythm 2005–presentRecords

}}'''Cindy Lynn Bradley''' (born December 11, 1977) is an American [[smooth jazz]] [[trumpet]] and [[flugelhorn]] player and composer.

Bradley was born in [[North Tonawanda]] in upstate [[New York (state)|New York]]. She already played [[piano]], but picked up her first trumpet by accident at age nine because it was the only available instrument which she recognized in her teacher's list for school band classes. She began playing [[traditional jazz]] trumpet as a schoolgirl and went on to gainearn degrees in jazz studies at [[Ithaca College]] in New York state and in jazz trumpet performance at the [[New England Conservatory]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref name="auto">Interview with Cindy Bradley, July 3, 2013. {{Where|date=December 2024}}</ref>

Bradley released her debut album ''Just Aa Little Bit'' on her own label in 2007. In 2009, she signed with Les Cutmore's Trippin' N' Rhythm Records and recorded her second, ''Bloom'', with [[Grammy Award]]-winning producer Michael Broening at his studio in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. ''Bloom'' won instant critical acclaim and Bradley followed it in 2011 with ''Unscripted''. The hit single from that album, "Massive Transit", co-written by Bradley and Broening, remained at No. 1 on the US [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] Smooth Jazz Songs chart for six weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2011-09-24/jazz-songs Retrieved|title=Smooth Jazz Airplay |website=Billboard.com |access-date=July 13, 2013.}}</ref> ''Unscripted'' itself topped the Billboard Jazz Albums chart for two weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/2011-07-16/jazz-albums Retrieved|title=Jazz Albums |website=Billboard.com |access-date=July 13, 2013.}}</ref>

Often labelled as a [[smooth jazz]] artist – although some critics have found her difficult to categorise at all – Bradley cites her major influences in jazz as fellow- trumpet players [[Freddie Hubbard]], [[Lee Morgan]], and [[Blue Mitchell]]. When she is not touring or playing at jazz festivals, she works as a public elementary school band teacher in [[New Jersey]].<ref>Interview with Cindy Bradley July 3, 2013.<name="auto"/ref> CindyShe is a longtime [[vegan]] and [[animal rights]] advocate.

Bradley's fifthsixth solo album, ''NaturalThe Little Things'', iswas scheduledreleased forin releaseMay at2019 theand endher ofseventh, March''Promise'', 2017.<ref>Interviewin with Cindy Bradley January 8,July 20172023.</ref>

* 2007 ''Just Aa Little Bit'' (CB Jazz Music)

* [http://www.cindybradley.com Official Websitewebsite]

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