PAUL MORELLI MUSIC

I am a performer on a wide variety of brass and woodwind instruments, possibly the only brass/woodwind doubler in the Memphis area!

Here's what I can play (click on the instrument for an MP3 sample):

Trumpet, Flugelhorn, C Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, and Lead Turmpet
Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, and Baritone Sax
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Flute, and Alto Flute

I can read any chart put in front of me, improvise on all the instruments listed, and play lead trumpet. A band with no charts is no problem for me either, I know the common cover tunes and quickly figure out by ear anything I don't know.

Hire me to perform of record for you! Why?

- I play several instruments at a professional level. This makes me useful for a live group with a horn section; I can fill in where needed, for example playing trumpet on one show but alto sax and clarinet on the next.
- Likewise, for a recording session I can arrange the parts, then simply overdub all the horns myself; or, again, fill in the parts you need.
- I am comfortable with charts or without. With I'll read them right on the first try; without I'll figure out the chords and the lines as they go by.
- Different styles are no problem for me; though jazz/pop/rock is really my specialty, I've studied tons of classical music as well and am comfortable in those styles, especially on trumpet. I've played in jazz orchestras, soul bands, blues bands, brass quartets... you name it, I've probably played in it.
- I can also play euphonium, trombone, French horn, and tuba, though admittedly not at a professional level. However, I can play them with a good sound and can make simple parts sound good. If you need those instruments and don't want to hire a whole other person, I can pull it off as long as the charts are reasonably simple.

I have an active professional career, performing with some of the top bands in the Memphis area. A partial list includes: The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (solo trumpet), the New Memphis Hepcats (baritone sax, clarinet, lead and solo trumpet), the Memphis Jazz Orchestra (solo trumpet), soul band Jumpback Jake (tenor sax and clarinet), Joyce Cobb (saxes, trumpet, flute), the Bob Turner Octet (tenor sax), the Memphis Doctors Big Band (lead trumpet, solo trumpet), and the Memphis Knights Big Band (saxophones, lead and solo trumpet). I performed on the NPR show Toast of the Nation on New Year's Eve 2004-2005 with Jimbo Mathus' band.

I have recorded my various instruments on albums for Jimbo Mathus, Lynn Cardona, Jumpback Jake, Lightnin' Malcolm, the Black Diamond Heavies, and more. For most of these recording sessions, I wrote the horn parts and played all of them, overdubbing each instrument one at a time.