Pelt studied classical trumpet as a child and focused on jazz after playing in a high school jazz ensemble. He studied at Berklee College of Music. Among those he has performed with are Ravi Coltrane, Roy Hargrove, Greg Osby, and Cassandra Wilson.^[1]

• Profile (Fresh Sound, 2002)
• Close to My Heart (Maxjazz, 2003)
• Insight (Criss Cross, 2003)
• Identity (Maxjazz, 2005)
• Shock Value: Live at Smoke (Maxjazz, 2007)
• November (Maxjazz, 2008)
• Men of Honor (HighNote, 2010)
• The Talented Mr. Pelt (HighNote, 2011)
• Soul (HighNote, 2012)
• Water and Earth (HighNote, 2013)
• Face Forward, Jeremy (HighNote, 2014)
• Tales, Musings and Other Reveries (HighNote, 2015)
• #Jiveculture (HighNote, 2016)
• High Art (HighNote, 2016)
• The Co-Op (Brown Brothers Recordings, 2017)
• Make Noise! (HighNote, 2017)
• Noir En Rouge, Live in Paris (HighNote, 2018)
• Jubilation! Celebrating Cannonball Adderley with Jim Snidero (Savant, 2018)
• The Artist (HighNote, 2019)
• The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 1 (HighNote, 2020)
• Griot: This is Important! (HighNote, 2021)
• Soundtrack (HighNote, 2022)
• The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 2: His Muse (HighNote, 2022)

As sideman edit

With Vincent Herring

• Change the World (MusicMasters/BMG, 1997)
• All Too Real (HighNote, 2003)
• Mr. Wizard (HighNote, 2004)
• Ends and Means (HighNote, 2005)
• Night and Day (Smoke Sessions, 2015)

With Ralph Peterson Jr.

• The Art of War (Criss Cross, 2001)
• Subliminal Seduction (Criss Cross, 2002)
• Tests of Time (Criss Cross, 2003)

With Lonnie Plaxico

• Melange (Blue Note, 2001)
• Rhythm & Soul (Sirocco Music, 2003)
• Live at the Zinc Bar (Plaxmusic, 2007)

With others

• Eric Alexander, Chicago Fire (HighNote, 2014)
• J. D. Allen, Pharoah's Children (Criss Cross, 2001)
• Ben Allison, Layers of the City (Sonic Camera, 2017)
• Roni Ben-Hur, Keepin' It Open (Motema, 2007)
• David Chesky, Jazz in the New Harmonic (Chesky, 2013)
• David Chesky, Primal Scream (Chesky, 2015)
• Gerald Cleaver, Gerald Cleaver's Detroit (Fresh Sound, 2007)
• Gerald Cleaver, Live at Firehouse 12 (Sunnyside, 2019)
• Roxy Coss, Restless Idealism (Origin, 2016)
• Dena DeRose, We Won't Forget You (HighNote, 2014)
• Wayne Escoffery, Intuition (Nagel Heyer, 2004)
• Wayne Escoffery, Vortex (Sunnyside, 2018)
• David Finck, Future Day (Soundbrush, 2007)
• Al Foster, Inspirations & Dedications (Smoke Sessions, 2019)
• Frank Foster, We Do It Diff'rent (Mapleshade, 2002)
• Jared Gold, Reemergence (Strikezone 2018)
• Noah Haidu, Infinite Distances (Cellar Live, 2017)
• Louis Hayes, Maximum Firepower (Savant, 2006)
• Louis Hayes, Live at Cory Weed's Cellar Jazz Club (Cellar Live, 2014)
• Kathy Kosins, Vintage (Mahogany, 2005)
• Mike LeDonne, FiveLive (Savant, 2008)
• Mike LeDonne, AwwlRIGHT! (Savant, 2015)
• Harold Mabern, Afro Blue (Smoke Sessions, 2015)
• Rene Marie, Vertigo (Maxjazz, 2001)
• Rene Marie, Serene Renegade (Maxjazz, 2004)
• Mingus Big Band, Tonight at Noon...Three or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002)
• Mingus Big Band, I Am Three (Sunnyside, 2005)
• Lewis Nash, The Highest Mountain (Cellar Live, 2012)
• John L. Nelson, Don't Play with Love (Maken It Music, 2018)
• Jaleel Shaw, Optimism (Changu, 2008)
• Wayne Shorter, Alegria (Verve, 2003)
• Jarek Smietana & Gary Bartz, African Lake (Starling, 2000)
• Jim Snidero, Jubilation! (Savant, 2018)
• Jim Snidero, Waves of Calm (Savant, 2019)
• Somi, Red Soil in My Eyes (World Village, 2007)
• Soulive, Doin' Something (Blue Note, 2001)
• Soulive, Steady Groovin (Blue Note, 2005)
• Baptiste Trotignon, Suite (Naive, 2009)
• Camille Thurman, Waiting for the Sunrise (Chesky, 2018)
• Cedar Walton, Seasoned Wood (HighNote, 2008)
• Gerald Wilson, In My Time (Mack Avenue, 2005)
• Gerald Wilson, Legacy (Mack Avenue, 2011)
• World Saxophone Quartet, Political Blues (Justin Time, 2006)