Wes
Rubim
Trombonist · Composer · Producer
// Invisible_Lights
Jazz Family · Distributed by Idol
Released January 2026 · on the label Jazz Family
“His extraordinary instrumental skills place him amongst today’s most promising trombonists and composers."
“The album impresses with its musical finesse, free of gimmicks. Three words aptly describe Invisible Lights: POETIC · CATCHY · ETHERICAL."
In Invisible Lights, Wes Rubim presents a portrait of contemporary Brazilian jazz from an authorial and hybrid perspective. The album starts from the idea that each individual carries within them their own luminous identity—variable, changing, and unique—and translates this concept into a work that emphasizes atmosphere, nuance, and sonic intention.
Invisible Lights is organized as an emotional state in motion, traversing energy, melancholy, agitation, and affirmation. The compositions function as spaces for expanded listening, where structure and improvisation coexist in balance.
A Voice in
Contemporary Jazz
Wes Rubim is a Brazilian trombonist, composer and producer based in Paris, working at the intersection of contemporary jazz, Brazilian rhythm and electronic texture.
He began his training in Brazil on classical trombone before redirecting his path toward jazz. Spotted early by Luis Bonilla, he was invited to continue his studies in Austria and Germany, later consolidating a hybrid language between tradition and experimentation at the Jazz Institut Berlin (UdK Berlin).
Over the course of his career he has shared the stage with artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Randy Brecker, Jim McNeely, Hamilton Godoy, Guinga and Gabriel Grossi, and has appeared as a guest artist with the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
This blend of Brazilian rhythmic folklore and European jazz gave rise to his debut EP, Invisible Lights, released on the Jazz Family label — a project in which Wes pays tribute to his Brazilian roots, his classical training and Nordic jazz, creating a fusion that defines his sound and artistic universe today.
Randy Brecker · Andrea Bocelli · Jim McNeely · Guinga · Vanessa Moreno · Gabriel Grossi · Hamilton Godoy · Nailor Proveta · Lea Freire · Deutsche Oper Berlin
