Phil Sunkel
Philip Charles Sunkel, Jr. (born November 26, 1925 in Zanesville , Ohio ) is an American jazz trumpeter , flugelhorn player , composer and arranger of swing and cool jazz .
Life
At the age of fourteen Sunkel played the cornet, later also the trumpet, and attended the conservatory in Cincinnati . From 1950 he first played in local groups, then worked with Claude Thornhill , Charlie Barnet and other band leaders. In 1955 he played in Stan Getz's band . His style of playing, partly influenced by Bix Beiderbecke , can also be heard on recordings by Junior Bradley , Al Cohn and Don Stratton . In 1956 he made an album with his composition Jazz Concerto Grosso ; Tony Fruscella recorded several of his arrangements. In 1958 Gerry Mulligan and Bob Brookmeyer recorded his composition Jazz Concerto Grosso live, after which Sunkel was also a member of the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band and Billy Ver Planck . In the 1960s he took part in recordings by Eddie Lockjaw Davis ( Afro Jaws , 1960) and Gil Evans ( Out of the Cool , 1960). In the 1980s, Sunkel could still be heard on recordings by Dick Meldonian .
Discography (selection)
- Phil Sunkel's Jazz Band: Every Morning I Listen to Phil Sunkel's Jazz Band (ABC-Paramount / Fresh Sound Records, 1956) with Dick Meldonian , George Syran
- Dick Meldonian: Plays Gene Roland Music (Circle, 1981)
- Gerry Mulligan: Mullenium (Columbia, 1946-57); Plays Phil Sunkel's Jazz Cioncerto Grosso (1958)
literature
- John Jörgensen, Erik Wiedemann : Jazz Lexicon . Munich, mosaic, 1967
Web links
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| SURNAME | Sunkel, Phil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sunkel, Philip Charles junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zanesville , Ohio |