Paul Hanson
Paul Hanson is an American b*oonist, saxophonist, duduk player, and composer with roots in jazz and cl*ical music.
Contents
- 1 Music career
- 2 Discography
- 2.1 Appears On
- 3 References
- 4 External links
- 5 See also
Music career
Paul Hanson was born in San Francisco, CA, in 1961. His parents were both musicians: his mother a cl*ical pianist and his father a music teacher in the Berkeley Unified School District. In high school, Hanson performed in the Young People's Symphony Orchestra (YPSO) and participated in a concerto compe*ion curated by the San Francisco Symphony. He won the compe*ion in the woodwinds division, receiving the Pepsi Young Musician Award. At the young age of seventeen, Hanson recorded alto saxophone on the album Pillars by Peter Apfelbaum & the Hieroglyphics Ensemble. Since then, his career has expanded vastly into multiple genres. He has performed with Cirque du Soleil, who had created a role specifically for him in the show ZED.
Hanson has received various awards. The National Endowment of the Arts awarded Hanson with a jazz performance grant in 1995. He was the Robert Mondavi Concerto Compe*ion winner as a student in 1984. With Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, he recorded Outbound, which won a Grammy in 2000. Hanson was the Grand Prize winner of JAZZIZ Magazine's Woodwinds on Fire award in 1995. Hanson has taught numerous master cl*es worldwide, including Ithaca College, Penn State University, Arizona State University, Oklahoma University, University of Wisconsin, Memphis State University, University of Northeastern Oklahoma, University of Arkansas, and Portland State University-all, specializing in modern performance techniques and improvisation for double reed instruments. Hanson has also taught privately in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Hanson has performed and recorded with the likes of:
- Abraham Laboriel
- Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
- Billy Childs
- Billy Cobham
- Billy Higgins
- Brian Blade
- Charlie Hunter
- Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra
- Craig Erikson
- David Binney
- DAVKA
- Dennis Chambers
- Eddie Money
- Jeff Denson
- Jeff Sipe
- Joel Harrison
- Jonas Hellborg
- Kai Eckhardt
- Karen Blixt
- King Baldwin
- Medeski Martin & Wood
- Miguel Zenón
- Napa Symphony Orchestra
- Oakland Eastbay Symphony Orchestra
- Oaktown Irawo
- Omar Sosa
- Patrice Rushen
- Pat Senatore
- Peter Apfelbaum
- Peter Erskine
- Randy Brecker
- Ray Charles
- Rob W*erman
- SF Jazz
- St. Joseph Ballet Company
- The Klezmorim
- The Paul Dresher Ensemble
- Sawalé
- T Lavitz
- Victor Wooten
- Wayne Shorter
Hanson has performed alongside great musicians and led his solo b*oon show and the Paul Hanson Quintet ‒ both internationally performing ensembles.
Discography
Appears On
References
External links
- Official site
See also
- B*oon#Jazz