MAC GOLLEHON
Genres: Hard Bop, Fusion, Vocal Jazz, RnB, Latin Rock, Soul, Latin Jazz • United States

Calypso / soca trumpet player among others American trumpeter, composer, producer and arranger. Played also flugelhorn and saxophone. Born 11 October 1956. from discogs Trumpet Player Mac Gollehon of New York was born and raised in North Carolina and began playing guitar in blues and what was then called "uptown country bands" four nights a week at age 10. At around that same time his father Joe Gollehon, a trumpet player with natural ability and tone quality much like Billy Butterfield, started him on the trumpet. At the same time he taught Mac on trombone, euphonium, French horn and a few years later tuba. Mac's dad would always stress focus of tone center and not to over blow past pitch center. Around age 13, Mac played the circus and the band-leader Merle Evans had returned from retirement briefly. Merle was well known as a great cornetist and on these gigs Mac did with him he read more...