Paul The Trombonist
# Paul The Trombonist

Paul Nowell, known professionally as Paul The Trombonist, is a Los Angeles-based music producer, educator, composer, songwriter, performer, and trombonist.

## Education

Paul graduated from Berklee College of Music on scholarship where he studied with some of other notable trombonists like Phil Wilson.

## Career

Paul's Berklee College of Music professor Phil Wilson flew out to Los Angeles to collaborate on a video series called the Phil Wilson/Paul The Trombonist videos series. This led to the development of internet show Bone Masters in which Paul features other trombonists. This resulted in a large educational video library about the trombone that on its own became notable.

Arturo Sandoval met Paul in Los Angeles and partnered with him to create a series of online videos. Their cover of the song Peanut Vendor went viral and as of March 2017 it had 1.4 Million views on Facebook.

Paul has also been a trombonist in Aretha Franklin's band as well as performed with Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, Frankie Valli.

Paul's debut album was Journey to the World. His live show is an extension of the album using trombone, looping, keyboards and DJing. He currently serves as a voting member of The Recording Academy for the Annual Grammy Awards.

## Discography

### Albums

* 2017: Journey to the World
