Herb Pomeroy

Irving Herbert Pomeroy III ( born April 15, 1930 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, † August 11, 2007 ) was an American jazz trumpeter and high school teachers.

Life

Pomeroy studied the Schillinger House in Boston, later Berklee College of Music. He appeared in the early 1950s with Charlie Parker, Lionel Hampton and Stan Kenton and played recordings under Serge Chaloff, with Charlie Mariano and as a band leader. From 1955 he taught forty-one years long at the Berklee School, next to twenty-two years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also a number of years at the Lenox School of Jazz. Besides, he always managed several bands, which consisted of his disciples, and took on as a leader of big bands albums for the label roulette, United Artists and Shiah.

After the end of his teaching career, he focused more on his own musical creations. He appeared in various duo and quartet formations and collaborated on several albums, partly as a leader, with.

Discography

  • Jazz in a Stable, 1955
  • Life is a Many Splendered gig with Bill Legan, Boots Must Ulli, Everett Longstreth, Varty Haritounian, Gene DiStachio, Zoot Sims, Augie Ferretti, Joe Ciavardone, Jaki Byard, Joe Gordon, Deane Haskins, John Neves, Dave Chapman, Ray Santisi, Lennie Johnson, Jimmy Zitano, 1957
  • The Band and I by Bill Legan, Irene Kral, Augie Ferretti, Joe Ciavardone, Charlie Mariano, John Neves, Joe Caruso, Dave Chapman, Ray Santisi, Jimmy Mosher, Lennie Johnson, Jimmy Zitano, 1958
  • Detour Ahead with Irene Kral, 1958
  • Band in Boston, 1958
  • Pramlatta 's Hips, 1980
  • It's Christmas Time by Mark Pucci, Greg Abate, Jack Pezanelli, Peter Kontrimas, 1995
  • Walking on Air with Dave McKenna, Gray Sargent, Marshall Wood, Jim Gwin, 1996
  • This Is Always with Billy Novick, John Wheatley, Joe Hunt, Marshall Wood, Paul Schmeling, 1996
  • We'll Be Together Again with Bennett Friedman, Ren Jenkins, Fred Lipsius, Randy Vincent, Mark Levine, Steve Smith, Jim Rothermel, Mel Graves, Mike Whitwell, George Marsh, Tom Hayashi, Bill Watrous, Peter Welker, Doug Delaney, 1999
  • Paradise Is Awfully Nice with Jon Crosse, Bennett Friedman, Gus Klein, Randy Vincent, Smith Dobson, Steve Smith, Ernie Watts, Norton Buffalo, Jim Rothermel, Mel Graves, Mike Whitwell, George Marsh, Peter Welker, Rita Thies, David Grisman, Charles McCarthy, Doug Delaney, 2002
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