John Gatchell

American trumpeter

PersonDied aged 58humanQ16016136

Born: November 27, 1945
Died: June 9, 2004
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: jazz musician

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John E. Gatchell was an American jazz trumpeter who was prolific in New York City recording studios from the 1970s to the mid-1980s. After serving in the U.S. Navy in the late 1960s, Gatchell became one of the founding members of the horn band Ten Wheel Drive, then Gotham. Gatchell was among the musicians hand-selected by Paul Simon, whom he considered to be the finest studio musicians for the 1981 Simon & Garfunkel Concert in Central Park

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: John
Instrument: trumpet
Family name: Gatchell

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