Paul Hanson
Encyclopedia
Paul Hanson is an American
jazz
bassoon
ist, saxophonist
, and duduk
player.
He received a bachelor of music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
as a student of San Francisco Symphony Orchestra principal bassoonist Stephen Paulson.
He has performed with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
, the Paul Dresher
Ensemble, Wayne Shorter, Dewey Redman, Billy Higgins, Bob Moses, and numerous other groups. In 2005 and 2006 he toured Latin America with Cirque du Soleil
's show Saltimbanco
. He has also toured the United States
, Europe
, and Japan
with artists such as the Swedish bass guitarist Jonas Hellborg
, guitarist Joel Harrison, The Klezmorim
, Peter Apfelbaum
and the Hieroglyphics Ensemble, the American composer Terry Riley
, Afro-pop
band Kotoja, and 1980s crooner Eddie Money
(as a saxophonist). In summer 2008 he traveled to Tokyo
, Japan
to be part of a new Cirque Du Soleil resident production in summer 2008. He is currently performing in the band of Cirque du Soleil
's ZED, playing the bassoon and Armenian duduk.
Hanson sometimes uses electronic processing to alter or augment the sound of his bassoon.
He currently lives in the Tokyo Bay Area, Japan
, as he will be there performing with ZED till at least August 2010.
With Jeff Sipe
With DAVKA
With Zenith Patrol
"'With Jonas Hellborg and Jeff Sipe'"
With Billy Childs and Pat Senatore
With Omar Sosa and Oaktown Irawo
With Joel Harrison
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
bassoon
Bassoon
The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
ist, saxophonist
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, and duduk
Duduk
The duduk , traditionally known since antiquity as a Ծիրանափող is a traditional woodwind instrument indigenous to Armenia. Variations of it are popular in the Middle East and Central Asia...
player.
He received a bachelor of music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, formerly the California Conservatory of Music, founded in 1917, is a music school, with an enrollment of about 400 students. It was launched by Ada Clement and Lillian Hodgehead in the remodeled home of Lillian's parents on Sacramento Street. It was called the...
as a student of San Francisco Symphony Orchestra principal bassoonist Stephen Paulson.
He has performed with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones is a primarily instrumental group from the United States, that draws equally on bluegrass, fusion and jazz, sometimes dubbed "blu-bop". The band formed in 1988, initially to perform once on the PBS series Lonesome Pine Specials. The Flecktones have toured extensively...
, the Paul Dresher
Paul Dresher
Paul Joseph Dresher is an American composer. Dresher received his B.A. in music from the University of California, Berkeley and his M.A. in composition from the University of California, San Diego, where he studied with Robert Erickson, Roger Reynolds, Pauline Oliveros, and Bernard Rands.He also...
Ensemble, Wayne Shorter, Dewey Redman, Billy Higgins, Bob Moses, and numerous other groups. In 2005 and 2006 he toured Latin America with Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...
's show Saltimbanco
Saltimbanco
Saltimbanco is the oldest major touring show of Cirque du Soleil that remains active in some form. Saltimbanco ran from 1992 to 2006 in its original form, performed under a large circus tent called the Grand Chapiteau; its last performance in that form was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 10,...
. He has also toured the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
with artists such as the Swedish bass guitarist Jonas Hellborg
Jonas Hellborg
Jonas Hellborg is a Swedish bass guitarist. He has collaborated with John McLaughlin, Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi, Bill Laswell, Shawn Lane, Jens Johansson, Michael Shrieve, V. Selvaganesh, Mattias IA Eklundh and Buckethead....
, guitarist Joel Harrison, The Klezmorim
The Klezmorim
The Klezmorim was a klezmer band formed in 1975. They are widely credited with spearheading the worldwide revival of klezmer music in the 1970s and 1980s....
, Peter Apfelbaum
Peter Apfelbaum
Peter Apfelbaum is an American avant-garde jazz pianist, tenor saxophonist, drummer and composer born in Berkeley, California. He first emerged on the jazz scene in the late 1970s, performing with Carla Bley from 1978–1982 and touring with Warren Smith and Karl Berger. Around this time Apfelbaum...
and the Hieroglyphics Ensemble, the American composer Terry Riley
Terry Riley
Terrence Mitchell Riley, is an American composer intrinsically associated with the minimalist school of Western classical music and was a pioneer of the movement...
, Afro-pop
African popular music
African popular music, like African traditional music, is vast and varied. Most contemporary genres of African popular music build on cross-pollination with western popular music. Many genres of popular music like blues, jazz, salsa zouk, and rumba derive to varying degrees on musical traditions...
band Kotoja, and 1980s crooner Eddie Money
Eddie Money
Eddie Money is an American rock guitarist, saxophonist and singer-songwriter who found success in the 1970s and 1980s with a string of Top 40 hits and platinum albums...
(as a saxophonist). In summer 2008 he traveled to Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
to be part of a new Cirque Du Soleil resident production in summer 2008. He is currently performing in the band of Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil , is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy...
's ZED, playing the bassoon and Armenian duduk.
Hanson sometimes uses electronic processing to alter or augment the sound of his bassoon.
He currently lives in the Tokyo Bay Area, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, as he will be there performing with ZED till at least August 2010.
As leader
- 2008 - Frolic In the Land of Plenty
- Voodoo Suite
- Astro Boy Blues (Moo)
- The Last Romantics
- Homecoming (klezmerKlezmerKlezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe. Played by professional musicians called klezmorim, the genre originally consisted largely of dance tunes and instrumental display pieces for weddings and other celebrations...
and Eastern European duets)
With Béla Fleck and the Flecktones
- 2000 - Outbound
- 2002 - Live at the QuickLive at the QuickLive at the Quick is the ninth album released by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones and their second live album. It was recorded live at the Quick Center For The Arts in Fairfield, Connecticut in 2000.- Reception :...
With Jeff Sipe
- 2004 - Timeless
With DAVKA
- 2004 - The Golem
- 2005 - DAVKA Live
With Zenith Patrol
- 2005 - VUVU- Country codes :* VU is the country code of Vanuatu* .vu is Vanuatu's country code top-level domain- Companies :* Air Ivoire, IATA airline designator* Vivendi Universal, now Vivendi SA, a French company active in media and communications- Music :...
"'With Jonas Hellborg and Jeff Sipe'"
- 2005-"Sipe, Hanson and Hellborg"
With Billy Childs and Pat Senatore
- 1995 - PasqualePasqualePasquale is a masculine Italian given name and a surname found all over Italy, cognate of French name Pascal, Spanish name Pascual, and Catalan name Pasqual...
With Omar Sosa and Oaktown Irawo
- 1998 - Funky Cubonics
With Joel Harrison
- 1999 - Range of MotionRange of motionRange of motion , is the distance that a movable object may normally travel while properly attached to another object. It is also called range of travel, particularly when talking about mechanical devices and in mechanical engineering fields...
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See also
- Bassoon#Jazz