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BLP sources|date=May 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Tom Harrell| image = Tom Harrell 2011.jpg| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| instrument = Trumpet , Flugelhorn | years_active =| Labels =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1946|6|16|mf=y| origin = Urbana, Illinois , United States|U.S. | associated_acts = Stan Kenton , Woody Herman , Azteca (band)|Azteca , Horace Silver , many others| website = http://www.tomharrell.com www.tomharrell.com Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is a renowned United States|American post-bop jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer and arranger.
Harrell has won numerous awards and grants, including multiple Trumpeter of the Year awards from Down Beat magazine,Los Angeles Times - Tom Harrell Goes the Big-Band Rout http://articles.latimes.com/1999/dec/04/entertainment/ca-40252 http://www.answers.com/topic/tom-harrell SESAC Jazz Award, BMI ( Broadcast Music Incorporated ) Composers Award, and Prix Oscar du Jazz. He also received a Grammy nomination for his big band album, '' Time's Mirror .
He has been recorded on over 260 albums (according to the discography on his website) and continues to actively compose, record and tour extensively around the world.CD Universe - Tom Harrell Discography http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Harrell,+Tom/a/Tom+Harrell
Biography
Tom Harrell was born in Urbana, Illinois , but moved to the San Francisco Bay Area at the age of five. He started playing trumpet at eight and within five years, started playing gigs with local bands. In 1969 he graduated from Stanford University with a music composition degreeCite web|title =Tom Harrell |publisher=All About Jazz | url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php? id=7432 |date =2010-05-09 |accessdate =2010-05-11 and joined Stan Kenton 's orchestra, touring and recording with them throughout 1969.
After leaving Kenton, Harrell played with Woody Herman 's big band (1970–1971), Azteca (band)|Azteca (1972), the Horace SilverCite web|title =A Fireside Chat with Tom Harrell |publisher=All About Jazz | url = http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php? id=842 |last=Jung| first=Fred |date =2003-11-14 |accessdate =2010-05-11 Quintet (1973–1977), with whom he made five albums, the Samuel Jones (musician)|Sam Jones -Tom Harrell Big Band, the Lee Konitz Nonet (1979–1981), George Russell (composer)|George Russell , and the Mel Lewis Orchestra (1981). From 1983 to 1989 he was a pivotal member of the Phil Woods Quintet and made seven albums with the group. In addition, he recorded albums with Vince Guaraldi for whom he also did some arranging for the Peanuts television specials, Bill Evans , Dizzy Gillespie , Ronnie Cuber , Bob Brookmeyer , Lionel Hampton , Bob Berg , Cecil Payne , Bobby Shew , Phillipe Catherine , Ivan Paduart , Joe Lovano , Charlie Haden 's Liberation Orchestra, Art Farmer , Charles McPherson , David Sánchez (musician)|David Sánchez , Sheila Jordan , Jane Monheit , King's Singers and Kathleen Battle among others.
Harrell is a prolific arranger and composer. He has arranged for Vince Guaraldi 's work on Peanuts , Carlos Santana , the Metropole Orchestra , the Danish Radio Big Band , the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra , and Elisabeth Kontomanou with the Orchestre National de Lorraine , among others. His compositions have been recorded by other notable jazz artists including Ron Carter , Joe Lovano , Kenny Barron , Art Farmer , Chris Potter , Tom Scott , Steve Kuhn , Kenny Werner and Hank Jones . Harrell's composition and big band arrangement entitled "Humility" was recorded on the Grammy -winning album by Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Song for Chico .
Despite his well-documented schizophrenia, Harrell has successfully coped with the condition through medication and has become an influential figure as a jazz trumpeter and composer.all about jazz - Tom Harrell http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0502_095.htmThe New York Oberserver: http://www.observer.com/node/40257
Tom Harrell Quintet
Since 1989 Harrell has led his own groups, usually quintets but occasionally expanded ensembles such as chamber orchestras with strings, and big bands. He has appeared at virtually every major jazz club and festival venue, and recorded under his own name for such record labels as RCA , Contemporary Records|Contemporary , Pinnacle, Blackhawk, Criss Cross, SteepleChase , Chesky Records|Chesky , and HighNote Records|HighNote .
In contrast to his signature recordings during the RCA Records|RCA / BMG years (1996–2003), where much of his focus was on projects involving large ensembles, big bands and chamber orchestras, Harrell's more recent works demonstrate his skills as a leader of a tight, smaller unit. Harrell has made four albums with the current quintet of six years, which comprises tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery , pianist Danny Grissett, bassist Ugonna Okegwo (whom Harrell has employed consistently since 1997), and drummer Johnathan Blake. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php? id=36196 The group is noted for its strong chemistry between the musicians and the distinctive sound achieved primarily through Harrell's compositions that combine memorable and accessible melodies with complex but groove-based rhythms and sophisticated harmonic textures. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2010/0709/1224274309183.html http://www.audaud.com/article? ArticleID=7304 Harrell's current quintet differs from previous editions of quintets he has formed and worked with, in the use of Fender Rhodes and acoustic piano. http://www.jazziz.com/uploads/May2010/pageflip.html Harrell's 2011 recording, The Time of the Sun (Tom Harrell album)|The Time of the Sun , received his sixth SESAC Jazz Award. http://www.sesac.com/News/News_Details.aspx? id=1670 In May 2012, the group's latest album, Number Five (Tom Harrell album)|Number Five , will be released on Highnote Records . http://www.tomharrell.com http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php? id=36138
Harrell's work as composer and jazz soloist has been published in a number of books by Hal Leonard , http://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.do? itemid=672382& lid=110& seriesfeature=ARTTRN& Jamey Aebersold , http://www.jazzbooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc? Screen=PROD& Store_Code=JAJAZZ& Product_Code=V63DS& Category_Code= Sher Music, http://www.shermusic.com/new/1883217148.shtml http://www.trumpetspot.com/1060474.html and Gerard and Sarzin. http://www.changingtones.com/gerandsz/fakbok.html
Harrell is currently represented by Addeo Music International (AMI) .
Discography
As leader
2012 : Number Five (Tom Harrell album)|Number Five
2011 : The Time of the Sun (Tom Harrell album)|The Time of the Sun
2010 : Roman Nights (Tom Harrell album)|Roman Nights
Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet (Timeless, 1986) - with Dizzy Gillespie
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External links
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http://www.tomharrell.com Tom Harrell Official Website
http://www.twitter.com/tomharrell Official Twitter page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tom-Harrell/42718659445 Tom Harrell Official Facebook Page
http://www.myspace.com/tomharrell Official MySpace Page
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=102625759 Tom Harrell Live at The Village Vanguard
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