Ralph Pyl
Trumpet
Ralph has performed and recorded with many artists both in Australia and overseas including international stars 'K.C and the Sunshine Band', Shirley Bassey, Ronnie Corbett, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Ralph Carmichael, Buddy Greco, The Platters, Sir George Martin, Tom Jones, Bernadette Peters, Michael Crawford, Wayne Newton, Bobby Shew, Al Jarreau, Tim Rice, Harry Connick Jnr, Glenn Close, Michael Ball and Michael Buble. National stars include James Morrison, Grace Knight, Don Burrows, Anthony Warlow, Caroline O’Connor, Marcia Hines, Frank Bennett, Tommy Tycho, Silverchair and since 1998 has been lead trumpet with Tom Burlinson's 'Frank - The Sinatra Story in Song'. For the 2002 - 2004 Sydney Festivals, Ralph assembled an Australian All Star Jazz Orchestra for world renowned US composers and arrangers Maria Schneider, Bob Florence and Rob McConnell from the Boss Brass. Ralph and his world renowned “Sydney All Star Big Band” have won 4 consecutive Australian Entertainment Mo Awards for Best Jazz Ensemble of the Year in 2002-2005. Ralph’s credits have also seen him playing in numerous musical theatre productions as well as performing on over 100 albums for vocalists, various bands and numerous Australian and International motion picture sound tracks and TV commercials.
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