Here's an example of some of my commercial work, with yours truly on vocals ...
The Tom Loncaric Orchestra
Albums: I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (2001: TLO Records); various unreleased recordings --
Band Members: Tom Loncaric (p), Paul King (v), Andy Conlin (d), Peter Klaver (s), Ingrid Racine (trp), Tom Saunders (cnt), Paul Finkbeiner (trp), Chris Smith (tbn), Paul Klinger (cnt), Pete Kahn (s,clnt), Mike Jones (s,clnt), Dan Freedman, (s), Dave Roof (b), Paul Keller (b), Shannon Wade (b), Kyle Neely (g), Brian Delaney (g), Evan Perri (g), George Bedard (g)-------------------------------------------------------The Rhythm Society Orchestra
Albums: NA (Stay tuned, we're in the studio now!)--
Band Members: Gary Herzenstiel (band leader, alto sax, clarinet), Taylor Holland (promotional director, tenor sax), Paul King (front man, promotions, cheerleader, waterboy, window washer and vocalist), Nick Backos (drums), Joel Champagne (bass), Eric Lofstrom (piano), Andy Perri (guitar), Harold Orr (baritone sax, clarinet), Brian Romeo (lead tenor sax, clarinet), David Ziarko (lead alto sax, clarinet), Andy Neilson (trombone), John Robertson (lead trombone), Mike Upchurch (trombone), Bill Hart (trumpet), Chuck Willard (lead trumpet), Amanda Williams (trumpet), Chris Best (sound engineer)
Influences
An Homage To The Masters:
First up, Nat "King" Cole with the Oscar Peterson Trio and Coleman Hawkins. Simply amazing!
Next, how much musical greatness can you fit on one stage? Try this: Joe Williams and "Little" Jimmy Rushing with the Count Basie Orchestra!
A very young and swinging Mel Torme...
And of course, the "boy singer" himself, Francis Albert Sinatra...
Sounds Like
Paul King: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007 Detroit Music Awards Nominee - Outstanding Jazz Vocalist (Maybe I'll win before I die.)--------------Paul King & The Rhythm Society Orchestra: 2005, 2006 & 2007 People Choice Award Winners of the Detroit Battle of The Big Bands-----------------------Paul King & The Rhtythm Society Orchestra: Chosen To Perform For Fox 2 Detroit's "Wedding of A Lifetime." (October 7, 2006)
Grooming the next RSO vocalist ...
Paul King : Born in Bay City, Michigan, Paul began his vocal work singing with his father in the church choir. At age seven, Paul and his father sang together on stage in a community variety show and he's been hooked ever since. Paul stayed involved in music, studying piano, saxophone and guitar, and performed stints as lead singer for a handful of rock bands while attending Michigan State University.
Over a decade ago, Paul met Sunny Wilkinson, an outstanding national jazz vocal recording artist and instructor. At her studio in East Lansing, Michigan, Sunny guided Paul down the long road of fine-tuning his style, technique and jazz chops. Mastering this art is a lifelong quest, but Paul is up to the challenge. He continues to listen to the masters for inspiration, but puts his own soul into every song.
Although he began his serious pursuit of a jazz vocal career not long ago, Paul has already made some impressive strides. He has sung with many top jazz musicians in the Detroit area, and has performed with veterans of legendary bands like the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Benny Goodman Orchestra, the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the Sam
Donahue Orchestra and the Count Basie Orchestra. Paul also performed live with Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers in 2001.
After singing with many local big bands and jazz combos, Paul helped create the Rhythm Society Orchestra (R.S.O.) in 2000. R.S.O. is easily the hardest-working big band in the Detroit Metro Area, and performs throughout the Midwest. Now based in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, Paul recently starred in a television commercial promoting WDIV Channel 4 in Detroit. Recently Tom Loncaric started a madcap adventure of getting together some of the best musicians in the area to record a series of sessions. His vision was to return to the glory days of recording, using vintage equipment for these sessions and cutting the final product on vinyl. The result was the 2001 release of the critically acclaimed "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby." There are various other sessions that have not yet been released, but snippets are available exclusively on this site for your listening pleasure.
Paul King is consistently nominated for "Best Jazz Vocalist" by the Detroit Music Awards every year from 2000 through 2006. The Rhythm Society Orchestra and Tom Loncaric Orchestra have also been nominated multiple times throughout those years. Most recently, Paul and R.S.O. won the Battle of The Big Bands at the Masonic Temple in Detroit two years in a row (2005 & 2006).
Now, Paul is involved in numerous recording projects, from a brief stint with Detroit's own Royal Garden Trio, to a new recording project for Music Sales Group (New York/Los Angeles/London), to the long awaited first full length CD by the Paul King & The Rhythm Society Orchestra (due to be released by Christmas of 2006).
There's much more to come, so stay tuned ...
Thank you for admitting me into your MySpace circle of friends. I heard you perform at the outdoor concert in Grosse Pointe last summer and thoroughly enjoyed myself.
Best wishes for continuing commercial, financial and artistic success with your music career.
Hello! Just wanted to drop in and let you know that pre-orders for my new jazz standards album "Bittersweet" are now taking place! The first 100 pre-orders will receive a signed and numbered copy! Release date is set for May 19th, but you will get your copy a few days earlier! Kate and I are very excited about the record, and we can't wait for you to hear it. Head over to www.bittersweetthealbum.com to pre-order! Thanks! ~Mark
Hi Paul, I just LOVED watching Phoebe and you perform together, I got goosebumps! She seemed sooo serious about it and acted as such a pro - so cute! I hope Melissa was able to watch.... xoxo
