- Joel Helleny
Joel Edward Helleny (b. October 23, 1956,
Paris, Texas ) is an Americanjazz trombonist.Helleny learned piano from his mother as a child but settled on trombone by age seven. He attended the
University of Illinois before moving toNew York City in 1979. There he played withMel Lewis ,Roy Eldridge (1979), andBenny Goodman (1980-82) before returning to Lewis's band in 1983. He was a featured soloist on the soundtrack to the 1984 movie "The Cotton Club". He played withVince Giordano 'sMemphis Nighthawks , and then with the same ensemble after Giordano left it in 1986. He worked withBuck Clayton (1989-90),Jimmy McGriff (1990),George Wein (1990 and subsequently),Frank Wess (1991),Randy Sadke ,Warren Vache (1993-95),Kenny Davern (1994), Scott Hamilton (1995),Greg Cohen (1996), and theKeith Ingham /Marty Grosz group Hot Cosmopolites in 1996. He was a member of the New York Allstars in the 1990s. His first release as a leader was 1995's "Lip Service", onArbors Records .References
*Gary W. Kennedy, "Joel Helleny". "Grove Jazz" online.
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