Jonathan Dorn

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Jonathan Dorn (* around 1945) is an American classical and studio musician ( tuba , also composition ) who has also performed in the field of jazz .

Life

Dorn had lessons from Abe Torchinsky in Philadelphia and has played with jazz musicians such as David "Fathead" Newman ( The Weapon , 1972), Jimmy Scott and with Leon Redbone , for whom he (as Big Johnny Dong ) also composed , since the early 1970s ( "Aw You Salty Dog"). As a soloist he is u. a. heard in "Your Cheatin 'Heart" and "If We Never Meet Again This Side of Heaven" ( Live , 1981). In the field of classical music he worked with The Academy Brass, Keystone Brass Quintet, Contemporary Brass Quintet, Rittenhouse Brass Quintet, Bicentennial Brass, The Philadelphia Orchestra and Philadelphia Chamber Symphony and directed Jonathan Dorn's Big Bad Brass . As a theater musician he worked in Philadelphia and on Broadway . He has also been involved in the recordings of Anthony Braxton ( Creative Orchestra Music 1976 ), Ricky Ford ( Loxodonta Africana ) and Yusef Lateef ( The Doctor Is In ... and Out , 1976). In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in 18 recording sessions between 1972 and 2006, most recently when he was on Anthony Braxton's Composition No. 19 (For 100 Tubas) participated. He also worked as a session musician a. a. with vocalists like Don McLean , Peter Allen and Phoebe Snow ( Never Letting Go , 1977). Around 2005 he ended his active music career in order to teach from now on.

The tuba player should not be confused with the Christian pop singer of the same name.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 17, 2019)
  2. ↑ ITEA Journal, Volume 32. International Tuba-Euphonium Association, 2004
personal data
SURNAME Dorn, Jonathan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tuba player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1945