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Line 1: {{short description\|American jazz musician}} '''Paul J. Ricci''' (April 6, 1914, New York City - January 24, 2001) was an American [[jazz]] reedist.▼ {{Infobox musical artist \| name = Paul Ricci \| image = Paul-ricci-clarinet.png \| birth_date = April 6, 1914 \| birth_place = [[New York City, New York]], U.S. \| death_date = January 24, 2001 (aged 86) \| genre = [[Jazz]] \| instruments = [[Clarinet]], [[saxophone]], [[flute]] }} ▲'''Paul J. Ricci''' (April 6, 1914, ~~New York City -~~– January 24, 2001) was an American [[jazz]] reedist. Ricci played clarinet and saxophone in local dance halls as a teenager, and by the early 1930s was playing professionally with [[Lud Gluskin]], [[Joe Haymes]], [[Bob Howard (singer)\|Bob Howard]], [[Red McKenzie]], [[Red Nichols]], [[Adrian Rollini]], and [[Joe Venuti]]. He worked extensively as a [[session musician]] for recordings and broadcasts from the 1940s through the 1960s, for [[NBC]], [[Paramount Records\|Paramount]], and [[Universal Records\|Universal]]. Among his later associations are with [[Yank Lawson]], [[Bobby Hackett]], [[Russ Case]], [[Brad Gowans]], [[Jerry Jerome (saxophonist)\|Jerry Jerome]], [[Herbie Fields]], [[Lucky Millinder]], [[Deane Kincaide]], [[Bob Crosby]], [[Jimmy Dorsey]], [[Jerry Gray]], [[Billy Butterfield]], [[Enoch Light]], [[Carl Kress]], [[Billie Holiday]], and the big bands of [[Dizzy Gillespie]] and [[Benny Goodman]].▼ == Early life == Ricci was born in [[New York City]]. He played clarinet and saxophone in local dance halls as a teenager. == Career == ▲~~Ricci played clarinet and saxophone in local dance halls as a teenager, and by~~By the early 1930s, Ricci was playing professionally with [[Lud Gluskin]], [[Joe Haymes]], [[Bob Howard (singer)\|Bob Howard]], [[Red McKenzie]], [[Red Nichols]], [[Adrian Rollini]], and [[Joe Venuti]]. He worked extensively as a [[session musician]] for recordings and broadcasts from the 1940s through the 1960s, for [[NBC]], [[Paramount Records\|Paramount]], and [[Universal Records\|Universal]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Wilson \|first1=Teddy \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9t2Ak-km4zwC&dq=Paul+Ricci+jazz+Tonight+Show&pg=PA151 \|title=Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz: The Autobiography of Teddy Wilson \|last2=Ligthart \|first2=Arie \|last3=Loo \|first3=Humphrey van \|date=2001-09-01 \|publisher=A&C Black \|isbn=978-0-8264-0228-8 \|language=en}}</ref> Among his later associations are with [[Yank Lawson]], [[Bobby Hackett]], [[Russ Case]], [[Brad Gowans]], [[Jerry Jerome (saxophonist)\|Jerry Jerome]], [[Herbie Fields]], [[Lucky Millinder]], [[Deane Kincaide]], [[Bob Crosby]], [[Jimmy Dorsey]], [[Jerry Gray]], [[Billy Butterfield]], [[Enoch Light]], [[Carl Kress]], [[Billie Holiday]], and the big bands of [[Dizzy Gillespie]] and [[Benny Goodman]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Requiem \|url=https://www.local802afm.org/allegro/articles/requiem-12/ \|access-date=2022-07-02 \|website=Local 802 AFM \|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== ;Footnotes "Paul Ricci". ''[[The New Grove\|The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz]]''. 2nd edition, ed. [[Barry Kernfeld]].▼ {{reflist}} ;General references ▲"Paul Ricci". ''[[The New Grove\|The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz]]''. 2nd edition, ed. [[Barry Kernfeld]]. {{authority control}} Line 15 ⟶ 33: [[Category:1914 births]] [[Category:2001 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century American saxophonists]] [[Category:20th-century American male musicians]] [[Category:American male jazz musicians]]