Delphian Jazz Orchestra
PAUL OLENICK
Trombone
Band Members
- Trumpets
- Larry Gillespie
- Erik Jekabson
- Laurie Frink
- Dave Smith
- Ben Holmes
- Justin Mullens
- Trombones
- Paul Olenick
- Jacob Garchik
- Max Seigel
- Saxophones
- Chris Cheek
- Sean Nowell
- Ryan Shore
- Dave Barraza
- Peter Hess
- Matt Glassmeyer
- Eric Hoagland
- Matt Cowan
- Rhythm Section
- Danny Weiss
- Take Toriyama
- George Rush
- Masa Kamaguchi
- Pete Thompson
- Vocals
- Judith Berkson
Paul's Other Projects/Links
Paul Olenick began playing the trombone when he was seven years old. Paul’s teachers have included Jack Gale, Dave Taylor, Conrad Herwig, Steve Turre, Doug Elliot and Garry Dial. He has performed with Aretha Franklin, Robin Eubanks, Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Les Elgart, Ray Anthony, Billy May Orchestra, Keter Betts, Charlie Persip, Rich Perry, Ben Monder and Terrell Stafford among others. In addition to touring North America and Europe, Paul has played in venues ranging from The Blue Note, Birdland, Knitting Factory and Blues Alley to the Kennedy Center, New York and Philadelphia Fringe Festivals, and several of the International Association of Jazz Educators Conferences.
Paul has been honored with the Thad Jones Memorial Scholarship, Stan Getz/Clifford Brown Fellowship, National ARTS Scholarship, the Fish Middleton Jazz Scholarship and was selected to take part in the JAS Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Colony in 1999 which was made into a documentary for BET. Paul attended William Patterson graduated from Manhattan School of Music in 2005. Paul Olenick was raised in Germantown, MD and has lived in New York City since 1997.