Tom Malone

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Tom "Bones" Malone (born June 16, 1947 in Honolulu ) is an American musician ( trombone , also trumpet , tuba , saxophone , flutes , synthesizer ; arrangement ) of modern jazz , who also worked as a music producer . He belonged to the Blues Brothers Band and has emerged mainly as a studio musician (also in pop and classical music).

Live and act

Malone learned to play the violin from the age of five. At the age of ten he switched to the tuba, which he played in a marching band . He studied music at the University of Southern Mississippi and North Texas State University . During this time he accompanied Brenda Lee , Les Elgart , The Supremes , Stevie Wonder , Marvin Gaye , The Temptations and Gladys Knight and the Pips . He then belonged to the orchestras of Woody Herman (1969), Duke Pearson (1970), Louie Bellson (1971), Doc Severinsen and Frank Zappa (1972) before playing with Blood, Sweat & Tears until 1974 . During this time he began working closely with Gil Evans , with whom he recorded several albums (such as The Gil Evans Orchestra Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix or There Comes a Time ) and toured Europe and Asia several times until 1987. In 1975 he toured with Billy Cobham and the following year with The Band .

Malone worked as an arranger for Saturday Night Live between 1975 and 1985 , and from 1981 onwards he was also the band's musical director. He has been a member of the Blues Brothers since it was founded in 1977. Since 1993 he has been a member of the CBS Orchestra, for which he also arranged.

Between 1968 and 2010, Malone was involved in 115 recordings in the field of jazz alone, with Carla Bley , Spyro Gyra , Howard Johnson and Ron Carter , among others . He can also be seen in the films The Last Waltz , Blues Brothers 2000 and Sister Act .

Discographic notes

  • Standards of Living (Big World, 1992)
  • Eastern Standard Time (1993)
  • Soulbones (Malaco, 1998)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ different place of birth Hattiesburg in Tom Malone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography
personal data
SURNAME Malone, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bones (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and studio musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Honolulu