Mac Gollehon

Mac Gollehon started out by playing with country bands at the age of 10 in his home of North Carolina. By age 13 he played the circus with bandleader Merle Evans. In high school, he played with a variety of bands, as well as the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trumpetplayersdirectory.com/trumpetplayermacgollehon.html|title=Professional Trumpet Player Mac Gollehon of New York City|website=www.trumpetplayersdirectory.com|access-date=2016-07-06}} At age 18 he went to Berklee College of Music and played the club circuit at night.{{Cite web|url=http://jazztimes.com/guides/artists/1340-mac-gollehon|title=Mac Gollehon — Jazz Artists|website=jazztimes.com|access-date=2016-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817234942/http://jazztimes.com/guides/artists/1340-mac-gollehon|archive-date=2016-08-17|url-status=dead}} During the summers he played with jazz legends like Buddy Morrow as well as Buddy Rich.{{Cite web|url=http://somethingelsereviews.com/2012/11/17/mac-gollehon-la-fama-2012/|title=Mac Gollehon - La Fama (2012)|last1=day|last2=jazz.com|first2=music opinion-maker at night His musings are strewn out across the interwebs on|date=2012-11-17|website=Something Else!|access-date=2016-07-06|last3=AllAboutJazz.com|last4=Board|first4=A. Football Discussion}}

In 1979, Gollehon moved to New York City and was introduced to Miles Davis through a mutual friend, Davis gave Gollehon the nickname 'Chops'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/mac-gollehon-and-the-hispanic-mechanics-mac-gollehon-and-the-hispanic-mechanics-true-groove-review-by-paul-naser.php|title=Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics|last=Jazz|first=All About|website=www.allaboutjazz.com|date=2 May 2016 |access-date=2016-07-06}} It was around this time that he started to impress New York producers like Nile Rodgers, Arif Mardin, and Mike Chapman.{{Cite web|url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/69509/20160411/mac-gollehon-hispanic-mechanics-announce-s-t-album-share-more.htm|title=Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics Announce S/T Album, Share 'No More Drama' [LISTEN]|date=2016-04-11|access-date=2016-07-06}} He was noted for his ability to come up with arrangements on the fly, as was the standard in New York City at that time.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/in-the-spirit-of-fats-navarro-mac-gollehon-half-note-records-review-by-aaj-staff.php|title=Mac Gollehon: In The Spirit Of Fats Navarro|last=Jazz|first=All About|website=www.allaboutjazz.com|date=March 2001 |access-date=2016-07-06}} Through gradually building his name on this scene he found himself working with the likes of Mick Jagger and Bruce Springsteen. Mac Gollehon also found himself as a longtime member of his musical hero Lester Bowie's group Brass Fantasy. this same period Gollehon found himself touring with many of the artists who he met in the studio. This led to extended stints with groups such as Duran Duran, Hall & Oates and Chaka Khan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eileen-shapiro/interviewmac-gollehon-the_b_9559788.html|title=Interview: Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics|last=celebrity|first=Eileen Shapiro I. interview the most inconsecquental personality with dreams of rising to the most luminous and dazzling A.-list|date=2016-03-29|website=The Huffington Post|access-date=2016-07-06}} He found himself on literally thousands of recordings and on dozens of Top 40 singles.

Throughout his career, Gollehon has frequently focused on Latin music. This culminated in stints with Latin legends like Héctor Lavoe, Mighty Sparrow, Arrow, Larry Harlow, Frankie Ruiz. Richie Ray and Hilton Ruiz.{{Cite web|url=http://latinjazznet.com/reviews/cds/mac-gollehon-fama/|title=Mac Gollehon - Fama - Latin Jazz Network|last=Gama|first=Raul da|date=2013-02-17|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.criticaljazz.com/2012/11/mac-gollehon-la-fama-american-showplace.html|title=Bop-N-Jazz: Mac Gollehon La Fama American Showplace Music 2012|website=www.criticaljazz.com|access-date=2016-07-07}} This has culminated with his most recent release, Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics, All About Jazz said the record, "focuses on the grooves and rhythms that are at the forefront of both Latin musics like salsa and EDM." With other critics assenting - some going so far as to label him a pioneer of Latin EDM.{{Cite web|url=http://www.obscuresound.com/2016/05/mac-gollehon-hispanic-mechanics-no-drama/|title=Listen: Mac Gollehon - "No More Drama"|date=2016-05-03|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-07}}{{Cite web|url=http://shortandsweetla.com/2016/05/20/mac-gollehon-the-hispanic-mechanics/|title=Mac Gollehon & the Hispanic Mechanics|access-date=2016-07-07}}

• Smokin' Section (1996)
• Live at the Blue Note (1999)
• Smokin' Live (1999)
• In the Spirit of Fats Navarro (2000)
• Mac Straight Ahead (2010)
• Odyssey of Nostalgia (2011)
• La Fama (2012)
• Mac Gollehon & the Hispanic Mechanics (2016)
• The End Is the Beginning (2022)

Credits according to AllMusic{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mac-gollehon-mn0000223673/credits|title=Mac Gollehon {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=2016-07-05}}

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