Kye Palmer | |
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![]() Kye Palmer, trumpet | |
Background information | |
Born | November 10, 1962 |
Origin | Redlands, California, United States |
Genres | Jazz, Latin, rockabilly |
Occupation(s) | Instrumental studio musician, educator |
Instrument(s) | Trumpet, flugelhorn |
Years active | 1981–present |
Kye Palmer (born November 10, 1962) is an American trumpet player who is a Los Angeles studio musician, most notable as a former member of The Tonight Show Band from 2006 to 2009. [1] On April 10, 2006, Palmer replaced Lee Thornburg in The Tonight Show Band and was there for the last part of Kevin Eubanks's tenure with The Tonight Show . [1] He has recorded on several Grammy Award nominated or winning projects over the past 20 years.
Palmer, a native Californian originally from Redlands, started being interested in music at the age of 7. [2] An early source of inspiration for him was being a part of the well known Stan Kenton Band Clinics at the University of Redlands. [2] After high school he first attended California State University, Long Beach for a year to study music. He transferred to Fullerton College and played trumpet on the Down Beat award-winning LP Time Tripping while playing in the college jazz groups for a year. After two years attending Fullerton College he transferred and earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Cal Poly Pomona. [2] [3] During that time that he was working professionally as a trumpet player he was also employed at Honeywell Corporation [4] cross-checking wire schematics for U.S. Department of Defense products the company manufactured. He studied privately with such artists as trumpeter Bobby Shew and jazz vibraphonist Charlie Shoemake. [5] "Of the 1,500 or so people that studied with me, Kye was one of those 20 or 25 players that was really important, who understood the music", Charlie Shoemake says. [2] Palmer names Clifford Brown and Freddie Hubbard as his principal influences. [2]
Trumpeter Bobby Shew first got Palmer his start on the Woody Herman Orchestra; Palmer toured 1988 through 1990 with the group. [2] [6] Palmer performs and records with the Chris Walden Big Band, and Bill Cunliffe's "Imaginacion" and other groups in the Los Angeles area. [7] [8] He has also performed and recorded with LeAnn Rimes, Hawk-Richard Jazz Orchestra, Bob Dylan, Tony Bennett, Joe Williams, and Diane Schuur, as well as touring Japan with the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and Poncho Sanchez Latin jazz band. [9] [10] Television appearances and soundtracks include The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , [1] Late Night with David Letterman , Good Morning America , the Today Show , Family Guy and Late Night with Conan O'Brien . [1]
He has recorded for numerous major motion picture soundtracks, including Seven Pounds , Man of the Year (2006 film) , Three to Tango , Stuart Little , The Secret Life of Pets , Crazy Rich Asians , Selma , Jersey Boys , Skating to New York, Gangster Squad , Seven Pounds , Three to Tango and Me, Myself & Irene . He also appears in the movie and plays on the soundtrack for the 2011 film J. Edgar. [1] Palmer appeared on the Brian Setzer Orchestra's Grammy Award-winning recording of "Caravan", as well as Vavoom! [11] and Boogie Woogie Christmas which were nominated for Grammys, and the certified gold Setzer CD Best of The Big Band. He recorded on the 2005 Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum award-winning CD It's Time (Michael Bublé album) . He also recorded with trumpeters Ron King, Marc Lewis, and Ron Stout on the CD The Clifford Brown Project in 2003 on the Capri Record label. [12]
Palmer continues to teach trumpet and is serving as an adjunct professor at California State University, Fullerton. [13]
The groom is employed as the trumpeter in the "Tonight Show" Band. A native of Redlands and a graduate of Redlands High School, Palmer earned a bachelor's degree in engineering from Cal Poly Pomona, but is a professional freelance musician and educator.
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