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Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American

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trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''

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'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including multiple Trumpeter of the Year awards from ''

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'' magazine, SESAC Jazz Award, BMI (

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) Composers Award, and Prix Oscar du Jazz. He received a

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nomination for his big band album, '' Time's Mirror''.

Biography

Tom Harrell was born in

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, United States, but moved to the

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at the age of five. He started playing trumpet at eight, and within five years he was playing gigs with local bands. In 1969 he graduated from

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with a music composition degree and joined

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's orchestra, touring and recording with them throughout 1969. Harrell pursued his musical career despite experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia since he was an adolescent. After leaving Kenton, Harrell played with

Woody Herman Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading groups called "The Herd", Herman came to prominence in the late 1930s and was active until his dea ...

's big band (1970–1971), Azteca (1972), the

Horace Silver Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silver (September 2, 1928 – June 18, 2014) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger, particularly in the hard bop style that he helped pioneer in the 1950s. After playing tenor saxophone and piano at sc ...

Quintet (1973–1977), with whom he made five albums, the Sam Jones-Tom Harrell Big Band, the Lee Konitz Nonet (1979–1981), George Russell, and the

Mel Lewis Melvin Sokoloff (May 10, 1929 – February 2, 1990), known professionally as Mel Lewis, was an American jazz drummer, session musician, professor, and author. He received fourteen Grammy Award nominations. Biography Early years Lewis was ...

Orchestra (1981). From 1983 to 1989, he was a pivotal member of the

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Quintet and made seven albums with the group. In addition, he performed with

Vince Guaraldi Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; birth name, né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this s ...

on the ''Peanuts'' television specials ''

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'' (1972), ''

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'', ''

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'' (both 1973) and '' It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown'' (1974). Harrell also performed with

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, Jim Hall,

Ronnie Cuber Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. He also played in Latin, pop, rock, and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet ...

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, Bobby Shew,

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, ,

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's Liberation Orchestra, Charles McPherson, David Sánchez,

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, the

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and

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among others. Harrell is featured on Bill Evans' final studio recording, ''

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'', which won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group. While Harrell recorded several albums as a leader during his tenure with the Phil Woods Quintet, it was after his departure that he started producing albums as a leader, in succession for

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(now owned by

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), Chesky, and RCA/BMG. During his years as a BMG artist (1996–2003) first with

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, then

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and finally Arista, Harrell made six albums, many of which feature his arrangements for larger groups. Since the early 1990s, Harrell has toured and performed with his own groups of various sizes and instrumentation. Harrell is a prolific arranger and composer. He has arranged for

's work on ''Peanuts'',

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, the

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, the

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, the

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, and Elisabeth Kontomanou with the , among others. His compositions have been recorded by other jazz artists including Ron Carter,

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, Art Farmer, Chris Potter, Tom Scott,

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and

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. Harrell's composition and big band arrangement entitled "Humility" was recorded on the

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-winning album by Arturo O'Farrill's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, '' Song for Chico''. As a composer and arranger, Harrell works in different genres, including classical music.

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 most major jazz clubs and festival venues, and recorded under his own name for such record labels as

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, Pinnacle, Blackhawk, Criss Cross, SteepleChase, Chesky, and

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. From 1994 to 1996, the quintet contained

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, and

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. From 2000 to 2005, it contained Jimmy Greene,

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, Ugonna Okegwo, and Quincy Davis. In contrast to his signature recordings during the

/ 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's later quintet of tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, pianist

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, bassist Ugonna Okegwo (who has performed with Harrell since 1997), and drummer

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, was noted for the strong chemistry between the musicians and the distinctive sound achieved primarily through Harrell's compositions. It recorded five albums for HighNote: ''

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'', '' Prana Dance'', '' Roman Nights'', ''

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'', and '' Number Five''. For the last of these, Harrell received his seventh SESAC Jazz Award.

Tom Harrell Chamber Ensemble

In June 2012, Harrell debuted his nine-piece chamber ensemble at the Highline Ballroom as part of the

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. Harrell arranged the music of

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, and his own compositions for this ensemble, which consists of trumpet, soprano and tenor saxophones, c-flute and bass flute, violin, cello, acoustic guitar, piano, bass, and drums. The Tom Harrell Chamber Ensemble has since performed at the Village Vanguard, Autumn Jazz Festival in Bielsko Biala, the Jazz Standard, the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, the Scripps Auditorium in San Diego, and Soka University Performing Arts Center in Aliso Viejo, CA. Harrell considers the arrangements and compositions some of the most challenging works he has written to date.

''Colors of a Dream''

In 2013, Harrell formed a piano-less sextet with two basses called ''Colors of a Dream'', which comprises himself on trumpet and flugelhorn, Wayne Escoffery on tenor saxophone,

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on alto saxophone, Johnathan Blake on drums, Ugonna Okegwo on bass and

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doubling on bass and vocal. The group debuted at the

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during its six-night run starting March 26, 2013 and the second night's performance was webcast for live streaming by

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. A studio album by the same name was released on October 22, 2013, for which Harrell received his eighth SESAC Jazz Awards the following year.

TRIP

Harrell also recorded with TRIP, a piano-less quartet featuring saxophonist Mark Turner, bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Adam Cruz in 2013. The group first performed in Rochester, New York, and at the Jazz Standard during Dave Douglas' Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT) in October 2012. Harrell premiered the suite with six sections he wrote specifically for this group. TRIP reconvened a year later at the

and made a studio recording the following week. The quartet released the self-titled album ''TRIP'' on August 12, 2014.

Publications

Harrell's work as composer and jazz soloist has been published in books by Hal Leonard,

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, Sher Music, and Gerard and Sarzin.

Discography

As leader

* ''Aurora'' (1976, reissued as ''Total'', 1987) * ''Mind's Ear'' (1978) * ''Play of Light'' (

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, 1984) * ''Moon Alley'' ( Criss Cross, 1985) * ''Sundance'' (1986) * ''Open Air'' ( SteepleChase, 1987) * ''Stories'' (

, 1988) * ''Lonely Eyes'' ( GRP, 1989) * ''Sail Away'' (Contemporary,1989) * ''Form'' (Contemporary, 1990) * ''

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'' (Jazz Aux Remparts, 1991) * ''Visions'' (Contemporary, 1991) * ''Passages'' ( Chesky, 1991) * ''Sail Away'' (

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, 1992) * ''Upswing'' (Chesky, 1994) * ''Cape Verde'' (Mons, 1995) * ''Labyrinth'' (

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, 1996) * ''The Art of Rhythm'' (RCA Victor, 1998) * '' Time's Mirror'' (RCA Victor, 1999) * ''Paradise'' (RCA Victor, 2001) * '' Live at the Village Vanguard'' (

, 2002) * ''Wise Children'' (Bluebird, 2003) * ''The Auditorium Session'' (Parco Della Musica Records, 2005) * ''

'' (

, 2007) * '' Prana Dance'' (HighNote, 2009) * '' Roman Nights'' (HighNote, 2010) * ''

'' (HighNote, 2011) * '' Number Five'' (HighNote, 2012) * '' Colors of a Dream'' (HighNote, 2013) * ''TRIP'' (HighNote, 2014) * ''First Impressions'' (HighNote, 2015) * ''Something Gold, Something Blue'' (HighNote, 2016) * ''Moving Picture'' (HighNote, 2017) * ''

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'' (HighNote, 2019) * ''Oak Tree'' (HighNote, 2022)

As co-leader

With Art Farmer *''

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'' (Arabesque, 1994) With

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* ''Look to the Sky'' (SteepleChase, 1979) With

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* ''Humanity'' (Abeat Records, 2007)

As sideman

With

* ''The Time Is Now'' ( Criss Cross, 1991) With

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* ''Cornerstone'' (Sea Breeze, 1984) With Donald Brown * ''

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'' (Muse, 1990) With

Thomas Chapin Thomas Chapin (March 9, 1957 – February 13, 1998) was an American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. Though primarily an alto saxophonist, he also played sopranino, as well as soprano, tenor, baritone saxes and flute. Ma ...

*'' You Don't Know Me'' (Arabesque, 1995) With

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* ''Coincidence'' (Dreamstreet, 1979) With

* ''

'' (

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, 1979) With

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* ''

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'' ( ECM, 1983) With

* ''

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'' (Verve, 1990) * '' The Montreal Tapes: Liberation Music Orchestra'' (Verve, 1999) With Jim Hall *'' These Rooms'' (Denon, 1988) With

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* ''

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'' (ECM, 2019) With Lee Konitz * ''

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*'' 'Bout Time'' (Criss Cross, 1988) *''The Feeling of Jazz'' (Criss Cross, 1990) With

* '' Village Rhythm'' (

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, 1988) * '' Quartets: Live at the Village Vanguard'' (

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, 1994) With Charles McPherson *''

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'' (Kudu, 1976) With Shinobu Itoh * Sailing Rolling (1991) With

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*'' On the Move'' (

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, 1978) With

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* '' Walk on the Water'' ( DRG, 1980) With

* '' Bird Gets the Worm'' (

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, 1976) With

* '' Silver 'n Brass'' (Blue Note, 1975)Blue Note LP BN-LA406G, 1975 * '' Silver 'n Wood'' (Blue Note, 1976) * '' Silver 'n Voices'' (Blue Note, 1976) * '' Silver 'n Percussion'' (Blue Note, 1977) * '' Silver 'n Strings Play the Music of the Spheres'' (Blue Note, 1979) With

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* ''

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'' (Xtra Watt, 1993) With

* ''Integrity'' (

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, 1984) * ''Gratitude'' ( Denon, 1986) * '' Dizzy Gillespie Meets Phil Woods Quintet'' ( Timeless, 1986) * ''Bop Stew'' (

, 1987) * ''Evolution'' (Concord, 1988) * ''Flash'' (Concord, 1989) * ''Bouquet'' (Concord, 1989)

References

External links

Official website
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Biography

Tom Harrell Quintet

Tom Harrell Chamber Ensemble

''Colors of a Dream''

TRIP

Publications

Discography

As leader

As co-leader

As sideman

See also

References

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