Paul Faulise

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Paul Faulise (born April 25, 1932 in Buffalo ; † July 5, 2020 ) was an American jazz and studio musician ( bass trombone ).

Live and act

Faulises father played a self-taught trumpet and gave his son the age of nine lessons. A concert by the Stan Kenton Band with George Roberts on bass trombone prompted him to change instruments. He received trombone lessons from a musician with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; He gained his first experience in local bands and orchestras before he briefly became a member of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

He was drafted into military service, which he served in Europe, where he played in the Seventh Army Symphony and toured until his discharge from the army in 1956. In early 1957 he moved to New York to attend the Manhattan School of Music . He studied with Jon Clarke and Allen Ostrander ; on the weekends he played in various bands, including the orchestras of Les Brown and Billy May . The first recordings were made in 1959 when he accompanied the singer Carmen McRae in the Ernie Wilkins Orchestra ( Something to Swing About ).

Faulise then worked in Dizzy Gillespie's orchestras from the early 1960s and was a member of Kai Winding's trombone septet ( The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones , Impulse !, 1960). He has also worked on recordings for Cannonball Adderley , Oscar Peterson , Art Farmer , Jimmy Smith , Quincy Jones ( Quintessence ), Oliver Nelson , Urbie Green , JJ Johnson and Benny Goodman . As a busy studio musician , he can be heard on over a thousand record sessions, jingles and film scores ( everyone says: I love you , 1996); Faulise also worked as a theater musician on Broadway , working with Frank Sinatra for twenty years . In later years he also worked with Eumir Deodato ( Prelude ), Freddie Hubbard ( Sky Dive ) and Gunther Schuller ( Epitaph ). In the field of jazz he was involved in 185 recording sessions between 1959 and 2007.

In 1987 and 1989 he was named Most Valuable Player by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences .

From the 1960s he lived with his family in River Vale .

Publications (selection)

  • Paul Faulise & Tony Studd: Conn Trombone Slide Chart . Conn Corp., 1970

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary accessed on July 12, 2020
  2. ^ Entry in the International Broadway Database
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 10, 2016)
  4. ↑ portrait page
personal data
SURNAME Lazy Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and studio musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 2020