PaulMcKee

  • Associate Professor of Jazz Studies (trombone + arranging/composition)
  • JAZZ STUDIES
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Paul McKee earneda BME from the Թ of Northern Iowa and an MM in Composition from the Թ of Texas at Austin.

In 1984, McKee joined Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd and appeared on several Grammy-nominated recordings. Over the years,McKee has served on the jazz faculty at schools including DePaul Թ, Youngstown State Թ, Northern Illinois Թ, the Թ of Missouri at Kansas City and Florida State Թ.

McKeemaintains a busy schedule as a clinician and guest artist, and his arrangements and compositions have been performed and recorded by professional and academic jazz ensembles worldwide.His recording“G”was released to critical acclaim and features performances by Carl Fontana, Bobby Shew, Tim Ries and Ron Stout. McKee appeared on the recording “Back When It Was Fun”with7 on 7, a group comprising musician-educators from colleges across the country. Additional recordings include big band projects by Dan Gailey (Թ of Kansas) and Steve Owen (Թ of Oregon).

McKee is a clinician for the Conn-Selmer company and plays King trombones exclusively.

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