Diskussion:Paul Ricci

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"Paul J. Ricci

Paul J. Ricci, 86, a clarinet, saxophone and flute player whose career spanned seven decades, died on Jan. 24. He had been a member of Local 802 since 1932.

Mr. Ricci began his performing career in the early 1930s in New York taxi-dance halls. He became a house musician for Decca/Brunswick recording studios, later working for Columbia, RCA Victor and Capitol in a variety of settings. He recorded with Louis Armstrong, Bunny Berigan, Maxine Sullivan and Billie Holiday.

His work as a staff musician at NBC included regular work with Andre Kostelanitz and on numerous radio shows such as the Kraft Music Hour and the Cities Service Band of America, under the baton of Paul Lavalle. Mr. Ricci played in the band on the Tonight Show with both Jack Paar and Johnny Carson, and played lead alto on the Sid Caesar Your Show of Shows in the early 1950s He also recorded documentaries such as Victory at Sea and The Twisted Cross.

His work appears on recordings for Capitol with Carl Kress and Tony Mottola in the Classics in Jazz series, on Benny Goodman in Hi-Fi in the early 1950s, and the Jimmy McPartland Shades of Bix record from the same period. In the early ’60s he moved to Miami to work on the Jackie Gleason television show as well as to perform with artists including Marvin Gaye, Sonny and Cher, Della Reese, and Tony Bennett.

He is survived by sons Robert, Paul and James."

Duden Dude (Diskussion) 08:25, 27. Okt. 2016 (CEST)