As a trombonist, Paul Nowell has shared the stage with Jimmy Heath, Conrad Herwig, Pete Christlieb, Don Braden, James Moody, Frankie Avalon, Bobby Rydell, Fabian, The Temptations, Four Tops, Lucien Barbarin, Richie Ray, Ernie Krivda, Phil Wilson, Aaron Weinstein, Andy Hunter, and Dominick Farinacci. At the age of nineteen, while playing with his own group at a jazz club in Cleveland, Paul was approached by Duke Ellington's nephew, Ron Ellington Shy of the Drifters and Coasters fame. Immediately after, Nowell and his band began working with Ellington Shy on arrangements for an engagement at the Pickwick and Frolic venue. In 2004, Paul was chosen to play with Chico Hamilton for the Tri-C Jazz Festival.
Paul is the co-creator of the popular YouTube channel, "The Leonard and Paul Show" . On YouTube, Paul has teamed up with Grammy nominated vocalist, Leonard Patton. Their videos have reached a world wide audience totaling hundreds of thousands of views. Using the technique of just voice and trombone overdubbing, their material includes a song about public restrooms, the evolution of music in 8 minutes, and a Song written for Ryan Seacrest that can be viewed here on www.ryanseacrest.com .
Nowell is a graduate from Berklee College of Music and has studied with some of the finest trombonists alive such as Phil Wilson, Andy Hunter, Jeff Galindo, Hal Crook, Mark Mauldin, Bill Yeager and Scott Kyle. It is due to their amazing direction that Paul has developed the warm, full-bodied trombone sound and unique melodic interpretation that he has today. His debut CD is now available. Just email [email protected] to obtain your own copy.
Paul currently resides in Southern California and is busy freelancing, teaching and playing with his own group the Paul Nowell Project . He has also been seen with the Dile Salsa Orquesta , Cleveland Salsa Allstar's, Orquesta Nissi, Orquesta Tabaco y Ron, Big Band Jazz Machine, Greg Hopkins Concert Jazz Orchestra, Kicks Band, Ernie Krivda and the Fat tuesday Bigband, Kalido-Skopio, Bill Caballero's Mambo Orchestra,The Sugar Daddies, the Vintage Monster band and Phil Wilson's Rainbow band. He recently just got done touring world wide with the famous Glenn Miller Orchestra.
