Paul Smoker

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Paul Alva Smoker (born May 8, 1941 in Muncie , Indiana , † May 14, 2016 near Rochester , New York ) was an American trumpeter and flugelhorn player as well as composer and bandleader of free and creative jazz , free improvisation and of contemporary music.

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Paul Smoker was born in the American Midwest and grew up in Davenport , Iowa ; he initially received piano lessons and, influenced by the playing of Harry James , turned to the trumpet as a ten-year-old . After studying trumpet at the University of Iowa , which led to his doctorate, he taught jazz at the universities of Iowa and Wisconsin and played in the Iowa Brass Quintet . In the 1980s he recorded three albums with the bassist Ron Rohovit and the drummer Phil Haynes for the sound aspects label , which received great attention at the time. Richard Cook and Brian Morton described in the second edition of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Smoker's first album Alone (1986) as “ one of the most interesting albums of the 1980s and a lesson in group improvisation ”. In 1990 he moved to New York to devote himself entirely to music and only accepted a few students. In the early 1990s, he founded the formation Joint Venture with saxophonist Ellery Eskelin , which recorded two albums for the Munich label Enja . In 1996/97 there was a collaboration with the multi-instrumentalist Vinny Golia ( Halloween '96 ). In the album Standard Deviation , recorded in 1998 with guitarist Steve Salerno , cellist Thomas Ulrich and drummer Jay Rosen , Smoker processed jazz standards such as " Stormy Weather ", " Beyond the Blue Horizon " and " Speak Low ".

During this time, Smoker also participated in several recording sessions for the CIMP label, such as the Andrew Hill project by Anthony Braxton ( Nine Compositions (Hill) 2000 ), as well as albums by Fred Hess ( Exposed , 2001) and the drummer Lou Grassi ( PoZest , 1999). With Grassi, bassist Ken Filiano and saxophonist Bob Magnusson he recorded the albums Large Music 1 & 2 in 2000 .

Smoker directed jazz education at Nazareth College .

Recordings (selection)

  • 1984: Paul Smoker Trio With Anthony Braxton: QB (Alvas Records, 1984), with Phil Haynes, Ron Rohovit
  • 1985: Mississippi River Rat (sound aspects, 1985), with Rohovit, Haynes
  • 1986: Alone (sound aspects), with Rohovit, Haynes
  • 1987: Come Rain or Come Shine (sound aspects)
  • 1987: Joint Venture (Enja) with E. Eskelin
  • 1988: Gemine Fables (sound aspects) with Rohovit, Haynes
  • 1996: Halloween '96 ( CIMP ) with Vinny Golia, Filiano, Haynes
  • 1997: Halloween - The Sequel (Nine Winds) dto.
  • 1998: Standard Deviations (CIMP) with Steve Salerno, Thomas Ulrich, Jay Rosen
  • 2000: Large Music 1 (CIMP) with Bob Magnusson, Ken Filiano, Lou Grassi
  • 2000: Large Music 2 (CIMP) dto.
  • 2000: Mirabili Dictu (CIMP) with St. Salerno, K. Filiano
  • 2001: Duocity in Brass & Wood ( Cadence Jazz Records ) with Dominic Duval, Ed Schuller
  • 2002: Brass Reality (Nine Winds Records, 1997, ed. 2002), with Phil Haynes, Herb Robertson, David Taylor
  • 2005: Notet Live at The Bop Shop , with Ed Schuller, Phil Haynes, Steve Salerno
  • 2013: Phil Haynes & Paul Smoker: It Might Be Spring (Alvas Records)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary on Paul Smoker's homepage ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on May 16, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.paulsmoker.com
  2. ^ Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
personal data
SURNAME Smoker, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smoker, Paul Alva (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American trumpeter and flugelhorn player
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Muncie , Indiana , United States
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 2016
Place of death near Rochester , New York