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Michael B. Nelson

About Me

Michael B. Nelson has distinguished himself as the leader, composer, arranger, and trombonist for the internationally acclaimed, 5-piece, a cappella jazz horn group, the Hornheads . From 1991-2001 Nelson and the Hornheads recorded and toured worldwide with Prince. Nelson also composed horn arrangements for Prince and co-wrote a song on his Grammy-nominated "Gold Experience" CD. In 1996 Nelson received a McKnight Composers Fellowship through the American Composers Forum. He has appeared on over 100 CDs including 3 Hornheads solo releases, "Fat Lip" , "5 Heads Are Better Than 1" , and "Hornheads" and 20 recordings with Prince and associated Paisley Park artists. Nelson also performed and/or recorded with Doc Severinsen, Chaka Khan, Lenny Kravitz, Sammy Davis Jr., Mandy Moore, Jimmy Jam, Johnny Mathis, Larry Graham, Ben Sidran, Babyface, Maceo Parker, and many others. As a top call studio musician, Nelson has also worked on many commercial projects for companies such as Target, BWM, Holiday Inn, ABC, Minnesota Twins, Best Buy, General Mills, Hormel, Donatos, Marshall Fields, Long John Silver, and Redline Entertainment.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/23/2006
Band Website: www.hornheads.com
Influences: Carl Fontana, Frank Rosolino, Stan Kenton, Tower Of Power, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder, Duke Ellington, Clifford Brown, Bird, Dizzy, Curtis Fuller, Prince, Count Basie, Miles Davis, Poncho Sanchez, Bob Brookmeyer, just to name a few...
Sounds Like: jazz ballad for solo trombone

Fat Lip solo trombone performance

Record Label: Bone 2 B Wild
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Nils Landgren

If you guys (and gals) haven't listened to Nils yet, here are a few videos to check out.
Posted by on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:06:00 GMT

Fat Lip solo trombone performance

Here are a few outtakes.. ..
Posted by on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 16:18:00 GMT

New pics (by request of my lovely niece)

I've put up some fun pics of me performing and some other misc. shots.-MBN
Posted by on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:10:00 GMT

Sweet Georgia Brown solo transcription

I've posted the mp3 and transcription of my Sweet Georgia Brown solo.I was planning on saving this for our new web site, but that looks like it will be a while,so have fun.-MBN
Posted by on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:08:00 GMT

classic Frank Rosolino TV performance

these videos are from a well known 1962 appearance by Frank on the Jazz Scene TV show. FYI- the piano player with Frank is Mike Melvion, the father of Wendy Melvoin of Wendy and Lisa fame with Prince ...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Carl Fontana video

I Found this classic Carl video I thought some of you boneheads might dig.Talk about effortless!.. width="425" height="441">..>Carl FontanaUploaded by trombone-usa
Posted by on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:36:00 GMT

Fat Lip solo transcriptions

I just posted transcriptions of my cadenza and solo off of Fat Lip in the pic section.Have fun!-MBN
Posted by on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:38:00 GMT

Minnesota Music Awards

If you would like to nominate me and/or the Hornheads or any of it's members for the 2006 Minnesota Music Awards, you can find the nomination ballot at Minnesaot Music Awards. Please send it in by thi...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:10:00 GMT

Getting started

I'll start getting bone related stuff going here soon. In the mean time, checkout my group the Hornheads web site and Hornheads MySpace pageThanks!-MBN
Posted by on Sat, 12 Aug 2006 20:16:00 GMT