Herb Pomeroy
Irving Herbert Pomeroy III (born April 15, 1930 in Gloucester , Massachusetts , † August 11, 2007 there ) was an American jazz trumpeter and university teacher.
Life
Pomeroy studied at the Schillinger House in Boston , the later Berklee College of Music . He appeared in the early 1950s with Charlie Parker , Lionel Hampton and Stan Kenton and made recordings under Serge Chaloff , with Charlie Mariano and as a band leader. From 1955 he taught for forty-one years at the Berklee School , then for twenty-two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also for several years at the Lenox School of Jazz . In addition, he always led various bands that consisted of his students, and as the leader of big bands recorded albums for the labels Roulette, United Artists and Shiah.
After the end of his teaching activity, he concentrated more on his own musical work. He appeared in various duo and quartet formations and worked on several albums, partly as a band leader.
Discography
- Jazz in a Stable , 1955
- Life is a Many Splendered Gig with Bill Legan , Boots Mussulli , Everett Longstreth , Varty Haritounian , Gene DiStachio , Zoot Sims , Augie Ferretti , Joe Ciavardone , Jaki Byard , Joe Gordon , Deane Haskins , John Neves , Dave Chapman , Ray Santisi , Lennie Johnson , Jimmy Zitano , 1957
- The Band and I with Bill Legan , Irene Kral , Augie Ferretti , Joe Ciavardone , Charlie Mariano , John Neves , Joe Caruso , Dave Chapman , Ray Santisi , Jimmy Mosher , Lennie Johnson , Jimmy Zitano , 1958
- Detour Ahead with Irene Kral , 1958
- Band in Boston , 1958
- Pramlatta's Hips , 1980
- It's Christmas Time with Mark Pucci , Greg Abate , Jack Pezanelli , Peter Kontrimas , 1995
- Walking on Air with Dave McKenna , Gray Sargent , Marshall Wood , Jim Gwin , 1996
- This Is Always with Billy Novick , John Wheatley , Joe Hunt , Marshall Wood , Paul Schmeling , 1996
- We'll Be Together Again with Bennett Friedman , Ren Jenkins , Fred Lipsius , Randy Vincent , Mark Levine , Steve Smith , Jim Rothermel , Mel Graves , Mike Whitwell , George Marsh , Tom Hayashi , Bill Watrous , Peter Welker , Doug Delaney , 1999
- Paradise Is Awfully Nice with Jon Crosse , Bennett Friedman , Gus Klein , Randy Vincent , Smith Dobson , Steve Smith , Ernie Watts , Norton Buffalo , Jim Rothermel , Mel Graves , Mike Whitwell , George Marsh , Peter Welker , Rita Thies , David Grisman , Charles McCarthy , Doug Delaney , 2002
Web links
- New York Times : Herb Pomeroy, Jazz Player and Teacher, Dies at 77 , August 22, 2007
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pomeroy, Herb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pomeroy III, Irving Herbert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gloucester , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 11, 2007 |
| Place of death | Gloucester , Massachusetts |