Malcolm McNab

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Malcolm Boyd McNab is a trumpeter and player of other brass instruments, and a Los Angeles-based session musician who has performed on nearly 2000 movie and television soundtracks.

1 Education
2 Professional career
3 Films and television
4 External links

[edit] Education

Raised in the San Gabriel Valley, McNab began studying the trumpet at the age of nine, with his father as his first teacher. Later, he studied with Pasadena maestro Walter Laursen, and performed with the Pasadena Symphony at the age of sixteen while still attending Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra.

After touring with the San Francisco Ballet and service in the U.S. Army, playing with the West Point band, he studied privately in New York City with James Ware and William Vacchiano.

[edit] Professional career

On returning to Southern California, McNab began working as a session musician as well as playing live solo performances with various regional orchestras. Since 1970, he has recorded classical music with such organizations as the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and the New York City Opera.

His recording credits in popular music include albums with Dionne Warwick, Peggy Lee, Chicago, and The Carpenters, as well as less well-known artists such as Van Dyke Parks. He has also appeared on albums by Frank Zappa, including Joe's Domage and Studio Tan.

He has performed on albums by jazz musicians such as Les McCann, and from 1975 until its demise in 1988, McNab played trumpet with the experimental session group, the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra.

[edit] Films and television

It is the soundtracks of popular movies and television shows which have made Malcolm McNab's playing familiar to hundreds of millions of people who have never heard his name. However, in November of 2006 Malcolm released his first solo album titled Exquisite. He has also given solo performances on the soundtracks of such television shows as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and Highway to Heaven, and has been featured as a solo artist on the soundtracks of numerous movies, including Dances with Wolves, Avalon, Toys, and L.A. Confidential.

McNab has also found time to teach music at various schools, including UCLA, Pomona College, and branches of the California State University. He has twice been the recipient of of the Most Valuable Player Award of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.