Pullman Gerald "Tommy" Pederson (August 15, 1920 – January 16, 1998) was an American trombonist and composer known for his work in jazz, big band, and classical genres.

Career

Pederson performed and recorded with big bands and artists that included

Gene Krupa Eugene Bertram Krupa (January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973), known as Gene Krupa, was an American jazz drummer, bandleader and composer who performed with energy and showmanship. His drum solo on Benny Goodman's 1937 recording of " Sing, Sing, ...

Tommy Dorsey Thomas Francis Dorsey Jr. (November 19, 1905 – November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and bandleader of the big band era. He was known as the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing" because of his smooth-toned trombo ...

, Nelson Riddle, Doc Severinsen (late 1960s), and Frank Sinatra. He was also a prolific studio musician for movie soundtracks, television and radio shows, and other recordings, sometimes playing as many as six studio sessions a day.Michelle Poland Devlin, DMA, ''The Contributions of Tommy Pederson (1920-1998) to Trombone Performance and Literature in the Twentieth Century''
, Doctoral Dissertation, University of North Carolina, Greensboro (2007).

Personal life

Pederson was married to Kathryn Reed Altman, an actress and writer, before divorcing.

Discography

Van Alexander Van Alexander (May 2, 1915 – July 19, 2015) was an American bandleader, arranger, and composer. Early years Van Alexander was born Alexander Van Vliet Feldman in Harlem. His mother was a classical pianist, and she taught him to play the piano. ...

, ''The Home of Happy Feet'' (Capitol, 1959) *

Ray Anthony Raymond Antonini (born January 20, 1922), known as Ray Anthony, is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and actor. He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. Biography Anthony was born to an Italian family in Ben ...

, ''Jam Session at the Tower'' (Capitol, 1956) * Ray Anthony, ''Ray Anthony Plays Steve Allen'' (Capitol, 1958) * Ray Anthony, ''Sound Spectacular'' (Capitol, 1959) *

Georgie Auld Georgie Auld (May 19, 1919 – January 8, 1990) was a jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader. Early years Auld was born John Altwerger in Toronto, Canada, and moved to Brooklyn, New York, in 1929. Before the family left Canada, Au ...

, '' In the Land of Hi-Fi with Georgie Auld and His Orchestra'' (EmArcy, 1955) *

Charlie Barnet Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. His major recordings were "Skyliner", " Cherokee", "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", "In a Mizz", and "Southland Shuffl ...

, ''Drop Me Off in Harlem'' (GRP/Decca, 1992) *

Louis Bellson Louie Bellson (born Luigi Paulino Alfredo Francesco Antonio Balassoni, July 6, 1924 – February 14, 2009), often seen in sources as Louis Bellson, although he himself preferred the spelling Louie, was an American jazz drummer. He was a composer, ...

, ''The Exciting Mr. Bellson (and His Big Band)'' (Norgran, 1954) * Louis Bellson, '' Skin Deep'' (Norgran, 1955) * Louis Bellson, ''Around the World in Percussion'' (Roulette, 1961) * Albert Brooks, ''Comedy Minus One'' (ABC, 1973) *

Tutti Camarata Salvador "Tutti" Camarata (May 11, 1913 – April 13, 2005) was an American composer, arranger, trumpeter, and record producer. Also known as "Toots" Camarata. Early life and career Camarata, born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States, and s ...

, ''Camarata Featuring Tutti's Trombones'' (Coliseum, 1966) *

Benny Carter Bennett Lester Carter (August 8, 1907 – July 12, 2003) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader. With Johnny Hodges, he was a pioneer on the alto saxophone. From the beginning of his career ...

, '' Aspects'' (United Artists, 1959) *

Dick Cathcart Charles Richard Cathcart (November 6, 1924 – November 8, 1993) was an American Dixieland trumpet player who was best known as a member of ''The Lawrence Welk Show'' in which he appeared from 1962 to 1968. Cathcart was born in Michigan City, In ...

, ''BIX MCMLIX'' (Warner Bros., 1959) * Bing Crosby & Louis Armstrong, ''Bing & Satchmo'' (MGM, 1960) * Alexander Courage, ''Hot Rod Rumble'' (Liberty, 1957) *

Buddy DeFranco Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco (February 17, 1923 – December 24, 2014) was an Italian-American jazz clarinetist. In addition to his work as a bandleader, DeFranco led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for almost a decade in the 1960s and ...

, ''The Progressive Mr. DeFranco'' (Norgran, 1954) *

, ''The Carnegie Hall V-Disc Session April 1944'' (Hep, 1990) *

Dennis Farnon Dennis Farnon (13 August 1923 – 21 May 2019) was a Canadian musical arranger, composer and orchestra conductor. Dennis Farnon was born in 1923 in Toronto, Canada as John Denis Farnon to Robert and Elsie Farnon (née Menzies). He grew up in a m ...

, ''Caution! Men Swinging'' (RCA Victor, 1957) *

Frances Faye Frances Faye (November 4, 1912 – November 8, 1991) was an American cabaret and show tune singer and pianist. Born to a working-class Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York City, she was a second cousin of actor Danny Kaye. Career Born as Fran ...

, ''I'm Wild Again'' (Bethlehem, 1955) *

Ella Fitzgerald Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917June 15, 1996) was an American jazz singer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, in ...

, ''Sings the Jerome Kern Songbook'' (Verve, 1963) *

The Four Freshmen The Four Freshmen is an American male vocal quartet that blends open-harmonic jazz arrangements with the big band vocal group sounds of The Modernaires, The Pied Pipers, and The Mel-Tones, founded in the barbershop tradition. The singers accom ...

, ''Four Freshmen and 5 Trombones'' (Capitol, 1955) * Russ Garcia, ''Four Horns and a Lush Life'' (Bethlehem, 1956) *

Mitzi Gaynor Mitzi Gaynor (born Francesca Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber; September 4, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and dancer. Her notable films include '' We're Not Married!'' (1952), '' There's No Business Like Show Business'' (1954), '' The Birds ...

, ''Sings the Lyrics of Ira Gershwin'' (Verve, 1959) *

Neal Hefti Neal Paul Hefti (October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He wrote music for '' The Odd Couple'' movie and TV series and for the ''Batman'' TV series. He began arranging professionally in his ...

, ''Jazz Pops'' (Reprise, 1962) * Al Hirt, ''Horn A-Plenty'' (RCA Victor, 1962) *

Spike Jones Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gun ...

, ''Dinner Music for People Who Aren't Very Hungry'' (Verve, 1979) * Bob Keene, ''Bob Keene & His Orchestra'' (Fresh Sound, 1954) *

B.B. King Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending, shi ...

, ''Compositions of Duke Ellington and Others'' (Crown, 1960) *

Skip Martin Lloyd Vernon "Skip" Martin (May 14, 1916, in Robinson, Illinois – February 12, 1976, in Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and music arranger. Background Martin was active principally as an arranger for some ...

, ''8 Brass, 5 Sax, 4 Rhythm'' (MGM, 1959) * Skip Martin, ''Songs and Sounds from the Era of the Untouchables'' (Somerset, 1960) * Billy May, ''Sorta-May'' (Capitol, 1955) * Billy May, ''Billy May's Big Fat Brass'' (Capitol, 1958) * Billy May, ''The Girls and Boys on Broadway'' (Capitol, 1960) *

The Modernaires The Modernaires was an American vocal group, best known for performing in the 1940s alongside Glenn Miller. Career The Modernaires began in 1934 as "Don Juan, Two and Three," a trio of schoolmates from Lafayette High School in Buffalo, New Yo ...

, ''We Remember Tommy Dorsey Too!'' (United Artists, 1962) *

Russ Morgan Russell Morgan (April 29, 1904 – August 7, 1969) was an American big band leader and arranger during the 1930s and 1940s. He was best known for being the one of the composers of the song "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", with Larry Stock ...

, ''Russ Morgan and His Wolverine Band'' (Everest, 1960) *

Anita O'Day Anita Belle Colton (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006), known professionally as Anita O'Day, was an American jazz singer and self proclaimed “song stylist” widely admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band app ...

& Billy May, ''Swing Rodgers and Hart'' (Verve, 1960) * Boyd Raeburn, ''Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra 1944–1945'' (Circle, 1981) *

Johnny Richards Johnny Richards (born Juan Manuel Cascales, November 2, 1911 – October 7, 1968) was an American jazz arranger and composer. He was a pivotal arranger for some of the more adventurous performances by Stan Kenton's big band in the 1950s and e ...

, ''Something Else by Johnny Richards'' (Bethlehem, 1956) * Nelson Riddle, ''Contemporary Sound of Nelson Riddle'' (United Artists, 1968) *

Joanie Sommers Joanie Sommers (born Joan Drost, February 24, 1941) is an American singer and actress with a career concentrating on jazz, standards and popular material and show-business credits. Once billed as "The Voice of the Sixties", and associated with to ...

, ''The Voice of the Sixties!'' (Warner Bros., 1961) *

Mel Torme Mel, Mels or MEL may refer to: Biology * Mouse erythroleukemia cell line (MEL) * National Herbarium of Victoria, a herbarium with the Index Herbariorum code MEL People * Mel (given name), the abbreviated version of several given names (including ...

, ''Swingin' on the Moon'' (Verve, 1960)

References

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