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Tom Malone (musician)

{{Short description|American jazz musician, arranger, and producer}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Tom Malone

| image = Tom bones malone PWP.jpg

| caption = Malone in 2019

| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist

| birth_name = Thomas Hugh Malone

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|6|16}}

| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

| genre = {{hlist|Jazz|rock|pop}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Musician|arranger|record producer}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Trombone|saxophone|trumpet|tuba}}

| years_active = 1969–present

| past_member_of = {{hlist|Blood, Sweat & Tears|The Saturday Night Live Band|The Blues Brothers|CBS Orchestra|Lt. Dan Band}}

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Tom "Bones" Malone (born June 16, 1947) is an American jazz musician, arranger, and producer. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone but he also plays saxophone, trumpet, tuba, flute, and bass guitar.{{cite web |title=OTJ: Ten Questions with Tom Bones Malone |url=https://www.trombone.org/articles/view.php?id=47 |website=www.trombone.org |access-date=12 May 2020 |date=1 November 1998}} He has been a member of the Blues Brothers, Saturday Night Live Band, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and the CBS Orchestra, the house band for the Late Show with David Letterman.

Early life

Malone was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, Odie Malone, was a U.S. Navy pilot who survived the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Malone graduated from North Texas State University with Lou Marini, who would also become a member of the Blues Brothers band. Both were members of the One O'Clock Lab Band at North Texas.

Career

He began playing professionally as lead trumpeter for Brenda Lee at a club in Jackson, Mississippi while enrolled at the University of Southern Mississippi. In response to a call from Warren Covington, leader of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, he began contracting musicians. After transferring to North Texas State University, Malone continued working as both a player and a contractor for groups.

After graduation, Malone worked in bands of Woody Herman (1969), Duke Pearson (1970), Doc Severinsen (1971), Louie Bellson (1972), Frank Zappa (1972),{{cite web |last1=Malone |first1=Tom |title=Tom "Bones" Malone Remembers Bill Watrous |url=https://jazztimes.com/features/tributes-and-obituaries/tom-bones-malone-remembers-bill-watrous/ |website=JazzTimes |access-date=12 May 2020 |date=25 April 2019}} and Blood, Sweat & Tears (1973). In 1973, Malone began a close, fifteen-year association with Gil Evans, whom he has called a mentor. He recorded albums with Evans and toured Europe, Japan, and the Far East. In 1975 Malone toured with Billy Cobham and in 1976 with the Band. He also contributed to the band Blood, Sweat & Tears on their albums 3 and 4.

After he was heard performing with Ten Wheel Drive and Genya Ravan, he received a call from Saturday Night Live a late-night comedy television program. From 1975 to 1985 he worked as arranger for Saturday Night Live and from 1981 to 1985 as musical director. He wrote the chart for the skit that introduced John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as the Blues Brothers. He appeared in the movie version and in 1993 reunited with Paul Shaffer, who worked for Saturday Night Live, and Will Lee, who was a member of the CBS Orchestra. He worked on the film score for Blues Brothers 2000. He joined the CBS Orchestra on November 1, 1993, and contributed more than 1,600 arrangements to the Late Show with David Letterman.

As a studio musician, he has been heard on more than 1,000 records, more than 3,000 radio and television commercials, and over 4,000 live television shows. He has played themes for CBS This Morning, Murder, She Wrote, and the 1992 Winter Olympics. His solo album, Soul Bones, includes guest appearances by Paul Shaffer and John Popper of Blues Traveler. Additional film credits include The Last Waltz and Sister Act.

In 2007, Malone was invited by music director Geoffrey Moull to arrange and perform a concert with the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, Malone was guest artist with the University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra.

Discography

=As leader=

  • Standards of Living (Big World Music, 1991)

=As sideman=

With The Blues Brothers

With Gil Evans

With Woody Herman

  • Heavy Exposure (Cadet, 1969)
  • Double Exposure (Chess, 1976)

With Spyro Gyra

With Frank Zappa

With others

References

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External links

  • [http://musicians.allaboutjazz.com/tommalone Tom Malone profile] at AllAboutJazz.com

{{The Blues Brothers}}

{{Blood, Sweat & Tears}}

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Category:1947 births

Category:Living people

Category:Musicians from Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Category:Musicians from Honolulu

Category:21st-century American trombonists

Category:American jazz trombonists

Category:Blood, Sweat & Tears members

Category:Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band members

Category:Jazz musicians from Mississippi

Category:American male jazz musicians

Category:American male trombonists

Category:Saturday Night Live Band members

Category:The Blues Brothers members

Category:University of North Texas College of Music alumni

Category:University of Southern Mississippi alumni