Ryan Carniaux was born 1980 in New York City and studied trumpet at Berklee College of Music by Tiger Okoshi. He played in several bands with Mark Murphy, Benny Golson, Peter Herbolzheimer and Dave Liebman. He is also a steady member of Markus Lüpertz's band TTT together with Manfred Schoof, Gerd Dudek and Wolfgang Lackerschmid. After the two successful CD releases "Reflections Of The Persevering Spirit" and "Never Leave Your Baggage Unattended" with band repertoire, he impressed critics and fans in 2017 with the duo album "Opportunity For Unity" together with drum legend Ra-Kalam Bob Moses. He also appears on several recordings with singer Stefanie Schlesinger and is part of the Wolfgang Lackerschmid Connection.