Education
He attended Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan.
He attended Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, and the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan.
Following his studies, Stripling was featured as lead trumpeter and soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra, under the direction of Thad Jones and Frank Foster (musician). Later, he toured and recorded with Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Lionel Hampton, Clark Terry, Louis Bellson, Buck Clayton, Gerry Mulligan, Josip Juraj Johnson, Jim Hall, Sonny Rollins, Paquito Doctorate"Rivera, Freddie Cole, Jack McDuff, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, the Joe Henderson Big Band, and the GRP All-Star Big Band. Stripling debuted at Carnegie Hall with Skitch Henderson and The New York Pops.
He has been a featured soloist at the Hollywood Bowl as well as with the Boston Pops Orchestra, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Utah Symphony, and The American Jazz Philharmonic.
Broadway audiences remember Stripling as the lead in the musicals, "Satchmo" and “From Second Avenue to Broadway.” He also had a featured cameo in the television movie, "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles."
Stripling again portrayed Louis Armstrong in Dave Brubeck"s revival of his "The Real Ambassadors."
In 1989, Stripling performed at the Newport Jazz Festival. He continues to serve in that role, while also performing throughout the world with symphony orchestras and his own small group.
In 2012, Stripling was a featured performer at the Vail Jazz Festival.
