Paul Hanson

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Paul Hanson is an American bassoonist, saxophonist, duduk player, and composer with roots in jazz and classical music.

Music career[edit]

Paul Hanson was born in San Francisco, CA, on October 28, 1961.[1] His parents were both musicians: his mother a classical 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[2] (YPSO) and participated in a concerto competition curated by the San Francisco Symphony. He won the competition in the woodwinds division, receiving the Pepsi Young Musician Award. At the young age of seventeen, Hanson recorded alto saxophone on the album Pillars[3] by Peter Apfelbaum & the Hieroglyphics Ensemble. Since then, his career has expanded vastly into multiple genres. He has performed with Cirque du Soleil,[4] 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 Competition winner as a student in 1984. With Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, he recorded Outbound,[5] 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 classes 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:

Hanson has performed alongside great musicians and led his solo bassoon show and the Paul Hanson Quintet ‒ both internationally performing ensembles.

Discography[edit]

Album Record Label Year Released
The Last Romantics 1994
Astro Boy Blues Moo 1997
Voodoo Suite 2000
Frolic in the Land of Plenty Abstract Logix 2008
New Days Blue Coast Records 2019
Homecoming

Appears On[edit]

Album Artist Year Released
Pillars Peter Apfelbaum 1979
Can't Hold Back Eddie Money 1986
Toni Childs Union 1988
Kotoja Sawalé 1994
Pasquale Billy Childs and Pat Senatore 1995
When Groove Was King What It is 1996
Funky Cubonics Omar Sosa and Oaktown Irawo 1998
Range of Motion Joel Harrison 1999
Outbound Béla Fleck and the Flecktones 2000
Live at the Quick Béla Fleck and the Flecktones 2002
The Golem DAVKA 2004
Timeless Jeff Sipe 2004
Cosmic Farm Craig Erikson, T Lavitz, Jeff Sipe, and Rob Wasserman 2005
DAVKA Live DAVKA 2005
Sipe, Hanson, and Hellborg Jeff Sipe, Jonas Hellborg, Paul Hanson 2005
Temple of the Invisible Robert Rich 2005
VU Zenith Patrol 2005
Mad Hope Karen Blixt feat. Randy Brecker and Patrice Rushen 2008
Polaris OoN 2014
Concentric Circles Jeff Denson Quartet 2015
Spirit House Joel Harrison 2015
Pictures at an Exhibition King Baldwin 2018
Producer's Choice Compilation Album 2018
Kidz These Daze Casey & The Comrades 2020

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.beniciamagazine.com/listening-paul-hanson-bassoonist/
  2. ^ "Richard O. Burdick wiki style biography". www.i-ching-music.com. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  3. ^ Peter Apfelbaum With Berkeley Arts Company & The Hieroglyphics Ensemble – Pillars (1979, Vinyl), retrieved 2021-03-27
  4. ^ "Interview: Paul Hanson one of the world's best-known jazz bassoonists – Jazz in Europe". Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  5. ^ Outbound - Béla Fleck & the Flecktones | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-03-27
  6. ^ Cosmic Farm - Craig Erickson, T Lavitz, Jeff Sipe, Rob Wasserman | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-03-27
  7. ^ "Eddie Money - Can't Hold Back". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  8. ^ Concentric Circles — Jeff Denson, retrieved 2021-03-27
  9. ^ "Jeff Sipe, Paul Hanson, Jonas Hellborg, by Jeff Sipe, Paul Hanson, Jonas Hellborg". Jeff Sipe. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  10. ^ "Spirit House, by Joel Harrison". Joel Harrison. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  11. ^ Loudon, Christopher. "Karen Blixt : Mad Hope". JazzTimes. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
  12. ^ Pasquale - Pat Senatore | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2021-03-27
  13. ^ Kotoja – Sawalé (1992, CD), retrieved 2021-03-27

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