RealTracks Artist Bio: Ron King

Trumpeter, composer, band leader, and Grammy nominee Ron King is one of L.A.′s top studio players, as evidenced by awards from the IAJE, NAJE, ASCAP, and the RMA. He has been heard on gold record performances by George Benson, Ricki Lee Jones, and Marvin Gaye with other credits including Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra, Keely Smith, Jeremy Lubbock, David Foster, Jeff Lorber, Michael Bolton, Queen Latifah, Brian Simpson, and Michael Paulo.

Ron has played for countless movie, television, and commercial soundtracks, including "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, "The Jimmy Kimmel Live" television show, ABC′s "The Next Best Thing," and the movies "Children of a Lesser God," and "Ocean′s 11." Onstage, he has performed with The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Bill Holman, Clayton Hamilton, and Don Menza big bands while also leading his own big band and quartet.

A California native, he graduated from California State University Los Angeles with a Major in Music and a Minor in Musicology. For more about Ron King, please visit his web site at www.ronkingtrumpet.com

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