Douglas Purviance

Born in Baltimore, United States, Douglas Purviance began his professional career as a member of the Stan Kenton Orchestra, playing bass trombone and tuba from 1975 to 1977. He largely works as a studio session bass trombonist, and is not known for improvising. He graduated from Towson State University in 1975 and obtained a masters degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 1992. He settled in New York City in 1977, playing a variety of commercial and jazz trombone jobs, and eventually claiming a chair in the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra, now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. He was also a charter member of the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and has toured extensively with Slide Hampton, Steve Turre, Dizzy Gillespie,^[1] and the Mingus Big Band, among others. He appears as an incidental player on hundreds of recordings, notably on Grammy-nominated efforts with Joe Henderson, and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra,^[2] but also in many other groups. On Feb. 8, 2009, he co-won a Grammy as a producer of the CD and also a player in the Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album category for Monday Night Live At The Village Vanguard.

References

1. ^ Kanzler, George (2009-10-04). "Dizzy Gillespie: I'm Beboppin Too & The Cool World". All About Jazz. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34270. Retrieved 2010-07-17. 
2. ^ Hunter, J (2008-08-06). "Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard". All About Jazz. http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30213&recommended=1&recommended=1. Retrieved 2010-07-17. 

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