Paul Broadnax

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Paul Leo Broadnax Jr. (born January 27, 1926 in Cambridge (Massachusetts) , † August 1, 2018 in Lasell Village , Auburndale ) was an American jazz musician ( vocals , piano , also saxophone ).

Live and act

Broadnax came from a musical family; his uncle Joe Lee was a stride pianist and his parents were trained classical singers. He studied engineering at Wentworth and Northeastern University ; in World War II he served in the Air Corps of the US Air Force; During this time he played with the pianist Donn Trenner . After the war he worked as an engineer at Raytheon until his retirement in 1970. He also performed as a musician at an early age; In 1946 he played with the baritone saxophonist Joe Perry, brother of the jazz violinist Ray Perry . In the late 1940s, Broadnax had his own trio, with whom he also appeared in the USO troop entertainment in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

He arranged for Sabby Lewis' band ; He worked freelance in the 1950s with the bands of Tom Kennedy and Buster Daniels. In the mid-1960s he recorded his debut album Introducing Paul Broadnax in a trio line-up (with Champ Jones, bass and Tony Sarni, drums) , which was released on the local label Fleetwood . In the 1980s he led a trio with Dave Trefethen and Les Harris, Jr. From the 1990s he also worked with Jeanne Lee , heard on her album Natural Affinities , on which the two interpreted the standard " I Thought About You " . In the following years he also played with vocalist Monica Hatch, Greg Abate ( It's Christmas Time , 1994 with Herb Pomeroy , among others ), Wendee Glick ( Baby, I'm Fine , 2002, with Ken Peplowski among others ) and with Ken Hadley Big Tape. In 1995 Broadnax's album Here's to Joe: Tribute to Joe Williams was created . In the field of jazz he was involved in eleven recording sessions between 1966 and 2005.

His musical role models were Nat King Cole and Lester Young ; stylistically, his singing was based on Joe Williams, Johnny Hartman and Earl Coleman .

Discographic notes

  • It's About Time (Brownstone Recordings, 1994)
  • The Paul Broadnax Quartet Featuring Fred Haas: Strike Up the Band (1998), with Dave Trefethen (git), Peter Kontrimas (kb)
  • Friends (2002), with Fred Haas (ts), Donn Trenner (p), Dave Trefethen (git), Peter Kontrimas (kb,) Les Harris, Jr. (dr)
  • Live at Indian Hill Music (2005), with Fred Haas, Dave Trefethen, Peter Kontrimas, Les Harris, Jr.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b PAUL LEO BROADNAX Jr. Obituary. Legacy.com, August 21, 2018, accessed August 21, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 20, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Broadnax, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Broadnax, Paul Leo Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Cambridge, Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 2018
Place of death Lasell Village , Auburndale, Massachusetts