[78-L] Phil Napolean - Classical soloist

[Kristjan Saag]

Might be that he played classical stuff while working as studio musician 
for NBC, which he did, on and off, from the late 1920's until the end of 
the 1940's. The NBC Orchestra played classical music
regularly, but also had a dance orchestra. Phil Napoleon could well have 
been playing with both.
Although he got his classical training early and performed publicly at 
five, it's most unlikely that Phil Napoleon recorded classical music as 
a teenager in the 1910's. In his late teens he was already heavily into 
jazz.
Here's a well written account of Phil Napoleon's trumpet playing and of 
the classical elements in it:
https://yestercenturypop.com/tag/phil-napoleon/

Kristjan

On 2019-02-06 07:48, Andrew Homzy wrote:
> I recently read that Phil Napoleon was an accomplished classical 
> player. If it is true, are there any recordings of him doing this 
> repertoire? Cheers, Andrew 
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