Brandon Woody has performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Riverside Church, Rams Head Live, The Lyric Opera House, The Kimmel Center, Martha’s Vineyard Jazz Festival, August Wilson Center, Havre De Grace Jazz Festival, Harlem Stage, City Winery DC & Philly, Kennedy Center, Smoke Jazz Club, Newport Jazz Festival and Monterey Jazz Festival to name a few.

He’s had the privilege of performing alongside artists such as Stefon Harris, Steve Wilson, Marcus Gilmore, Sean Jones, Robert Glasper, Derrick Hodge, Solange, Lalah Hathaway, Bilal, Terri-Lyne Carrington, Quincy Phillips and Danilo Perez, among others, who have all greatly influenced his artistry and musical taste.

Woody started his band UPENDO, who perform original music, in 2017 while he was in college at Brubeck Institute and Manhattan School of Music studying with Ambrose Akinmusire and Cecil Bridgewater.

In 2021, Woody was named a Bach/Conn endorsed Artist and received the Best Musician of the Year Award by the Baltimore Crown Awards, as well as Best musician to watch by Baltimore Magazine in 2022. He’s been featured in articles by the Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Sun, New York Times, Paper Magazine, Schone Magazine and many others.

In 2022 Woody had the opportunity of casting musicians and acting as a band leader in an upcoming Apple TV series, Lady in the Lake to be released in the fall of 2024. In 2024 Woody also had the opportunity to perform on Good Morning America and Vevo Live sessions with Paul Russell.