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Paul Nowell, also known as “Paul the Trombonist”, is an American musician, composer, arranger and film maker living in Los Angeles, California. He was raised and began his early musical training in Cleveland, Ohio. At age 8 he began playing the banjo, specializing in bluegrass music and later switched to the trombone. As a freelance musician, he has performed in a variety of musical styles and genres however his in known principally as a jazz trombonist.[1]

He is a 2007 graduate of the Berklee School of Music, where he earned a Bachelor of Music. He has studied the trombone under Phil Wilson, Hal Crook, Andy Hunter, Jeff Galindo, Karin Harris, Mark Mauldin, Bill Yeager and Scott Kyle.

After graduation from Berklee, he toured as a member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra[2] before settling in Southern California and starting his career as a freelancer.

While a student at Berklee, he began producing performance videos of jazz standards and covers of popular songs. This lead to a series of music videos featuring mentor Phil Wilson and then to a further series of short instructional and masterclasse videos that he titled, “Bone Masters.” Bone Masters features many prominent American jazz trombonists. He expanded this still further to include a series of videos with renowned trumpeter Arturo Sandoval.

As of the summer of 2015, Paul the Trombonist videos of all types had garnered over a million hits on Youtube.[3]

As a sideman, he has performed on albums with Richard Bivens & Foreign Press, The Eric Ekstrand Ensemble's "Standard Delivery" and Nate Jarell's "The Next Chapter."[4]

He composed the music for the short film "Point and Shoot" (2011) and performed on the soundtrack of the feature film "After Roberto" (2005)[5]

References[edit] Jump up ^ Gunia, Bruce. "Paul the Trombonist" International Trombone Association Journal, Vol. 43, Num. 3/ July 2015 Jump up ^ http://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/20080210/NEWS/802100312?p=1&tc=pg, retrieved Sept. 19, 2015 Jump up ^ Gunia, p.18 Jump up ^ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/paul-nowell-mn0002841004, retrieved Sept. 19, 2015 Jump up ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2076898/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cr3, retrieved Sept. 19, 2015 Official Link[edit] http://www.paulthetrombonist.com