Jeff Nelson (musician, 1963)

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Jeffrey David "Jeff" Nelson (born February 16, 1963 in Sellersville , Pennsylvania ) is an American jazz musician ( bass trombone , also trombone , double bass trombone , arrangement ).

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Nelson attended the Fredonia School of Music (at the College of the State University of New York at Fredonia ) and then studied at the State University of New York (graduated in 1985). The first recordings were made in 1983 with the Fredonia Jazz Ensemble ( Royal Flush ); in the following years he worked a. a. with the Dave Stryker / Bill Warfield Big Band and Peter Herborn ( Large One / Two , 1997/2000). In the mid-1990s he founded the trombone quartet New York Trombone Conspiracy (for whose 1997 album A Matter of Time he also arranged). From the 2000s he also played in the big band of David Liebman , Bill Mobley's Space Time Big Band , the New Yorkestra ( Urban Soundscapes , among others with Mike Holober ), James Carter , the Anita Brown Jazz Orchestra and the Pete McGuinness Jazz Orchestra.

In the following decade Nelson also played with the Asuka Kakitani Jazz Orchestra, Tommy Igoe & The Birdland Big Band, JC Sanford Orchestra and with Michael Formanek's Ensemble Kolossus ( The Distance , ECM 2016). In the field of jazz he was involved in 30 recording sessions between 1983 and 2014, including a. also with Terence Blanchard (Soundtrack from Clockers , 1995), Max Seigel , Harry Connick Jr. , Jimmy Heath , Sting and Michel Legrand . He also plays in the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, in the Dan Pugach Nonet (2019) and has been active in various Broadway orchestras since 1997, including a. in the Tony Award- winning musicals Sunset Boulevard , Titanic , Fosse, and Thoroughly Modern Millie .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical information from Trombone USA
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 1, 2016)
  3. ↑ Jeff Nelson in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
personal data
SURNAME Nelson, Jeff
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nelson, Jeffrey David (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Sellersville , Pennsylvania