Paul The Trombonist

Paul The Trombonist
Background information
Birth name	Paul Nowell
Origin	Los Angeles
Genres	Electronic, Jazz, big band, Pop, Hip-Hop
Occupation(s)	Music producer, composer, trombonist, educator, songwriter, performer, film maker
Instruments	Trombone, keyboards
Years active	2007–present
Associated acts	Arturo Sandoval, Phil Wilson, Seth Macfarlane, Frankie Valli, Aretha Franklin, Bill Watrous, Chico Hamilton
Website	www.paulthetrombonist.com

Paul Nowell, working professionally as Paul The Trombonist is a Los Angeles-based music producer, songwriter, DJ, performer, educator, film maker and trombonist.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Education

Paul graduated from Berklee College of Music on scholarship where he studied with some of other notable trombonists like Phil Wilson.^{[10][11][12][9]}

Career

Paul started his professional music career as a teenager when he received attention from Duke Ellington’s nephew, Ron Ellington Shy while he was playing with his own group at a jazz club in Cleveland. Paul started working on musical arrangements for Ellington Shy.^{[2][10][13][11][12]}

Paul was later credited with playing in Chico Hamilton’s band on Tri-C Jazz Festival. He became a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra and went with them on their world tour.^[14][15][9] Later, Paul got the opportunity to play trombone for Bon Jovi keyboardist David Bryan on his Tony award winning (2010 Best Musical) “Memphis."^[9] In December 2010 Paul began putting up videos on YouTube on the channel PaulTheTrombonist. As of March 31, 2017 it has 3,587,482 views.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]}

Paul’s Berklee College of Music professor Phil Wilson flew out to Los Angeles to collaborate on a video series called the Phil Wilson/Paul The Trombonist videos series.^[10][24] This led to the development of internet show Bone Masters in which Paul features other trombonists. This resulted in a large educational video library about the trombone that on its own became notable.^{[25][26][13][27]}

Arturo Sandoval met Paul in Los Angeles and partnered with him to create a series of online videos. Their cover of the song Peanut Vendor went viral and as of March 2017 it had 1.4 Million views on Facebook.^{[25][26][13][27][28][9]}

Paul has also been a trombonist in Aretha Franklin’s band^[14][29] as well as performed with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, Frankie Valli.^{[10][26][3][30][31]}

Paul's debut album was Journey to the World. The album received critical acclaim for fusing acoustic trombone with the electronic world. The album also charted on Amazon's best seller list at #26 for jazz sales and #34 in the electronic music category in its first week. His live show is an extension of the album using trombone, looping, keyboards and DJing. He currently serves as a voting member of The Recording Academy for the Annual Grammy Awards.^{[10][26][3][32][33]}

Paul is credited with private performances in front of celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Sean Penn, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, Bill Maher and Ryan Seacrest.^[10][26][34]

Paul has often fused his music, on stage, with the comedian Sinbad's performances.^[10][26]

Discography

References

External links

• Official Website
• Paul The Trombonist at AllMusic
• Paul The Trombonist discography at Discogs
• Paul The Trombonist at IMDb