PAUL TANNER MUSIC FOR HEAVENLY BODIES TV

Listen to Somewhere (Real Media format вЂ“ taken from Paul Tanner is not only famous for his trombone playing and вЂњThe BoxвЂќ, but he was also a professor at UCLA, wrote many educational books about jazz and a biography (вЂќSidemanвЂќ) about Glenn Miller.ДЇor more information about Paul Tanner please go to Electro-Theremin, RS Theremin Homepage and Space Age Pop. Tanner recorded an LP with his вЂњBoxвЂќ called вЂњHeavenly BodiesвЂќ in 1958. Listen to a piece of soundtrack from The Giant Gila Monster (WAV format from Badmovies).

PAUL TANNER MUSIC FOR HEAVENLY BODIES TV

You can here Paul Tanner playing his вЂњBoxвЂќ on the TV shows вЂњThe D.A.вЂ™s ManвЂќ and вЂњMy Favorite MartianвЂќ, and on the movies вЂњThe Giant Gila MonsterвЂќ and вЂњStrait-JacketвЂќ. From then on he was often hired whenever the Theremin sound was required.

So he developed together with Robert Whitsell вЂњThe BoxвЂќ which was easier to play than a Theremin. During one recording session with a Theremin player, Tanner noticed that the Theremin was hard to play. When the big band area came to a halt he started working as trombone studio musician in Los Angeles. On this amateur video (from Paul LanskyвЂ™s page) you can see a demonstration of the Theremin by Leon Termen himself.Д«ack to trombonist and inventor of вЂњThe BoxвЂќ Paul Tanner. After his return to the USSR he became a political prisoner for a while. Some say, he was kidnapped, others claim he was in financial trouble or homesick. Some sources say, that he was a soviet spy. His life story is more exciting then a suspense movie. Termen lived in the USA from 1927 until 1938. In 1919 the Theremin was invented by Leon (Lev) Sergeyevich Termen (1896 вЂ“ 1993) in the USSR.

The player has to move his hands in front of it to master the pitch and to control the volume. The Theremin is an electronic instrument that is played without being touched. Its eerie and longing sound is ideal for these genres. The sound of the Theremin was very popular on film soundtracks in the fifties and sixties. If the sound should remind you of classic science fiction and suspense movies your feeling is right. You can hear it on вЂњGood VibrationsвЂќ about 25 seconds after the beginning at the start of the first chorus (вЂќIвЂ™m picking up Good Vibrations вЂ¦вЂќ). But he didnвЂ™t play trombone, he played an electronic device called вЂњThe BoxвЂќ (also called вЂњElectro-ThereminвЂќ) that sounds like a Theremin. In 1966 Paul Tanner (born 1917) played on Brian WilsonвЂ™s milestone composition вЂњGood VibrationвЂќ. The link between Glenn Miller and вЂњBeach BoyвЂќ Brian Wilson is trombonist Paul Tanner who played in Glenn MillerвЂ™s big band in the nineteen-thirties and forties. Paul Tanner: trombonist, professor and inventor of the Electro Theremin

Paul tanner music for heavenly bodies