Paul Fredricks

Paul G. Fredricks (July 14, 1918 – July 4, 2010) was a German-American brass musician of the Big Bands Era of the 1930s and 1940s. He is known for his unique skills as a trumpeter and left his mark on a range of larger bands such as the orchestras of Alvino Rey, Charlie Spivak, Les Brown And His Band Of Renown, and Mel Tormé and The Mel-Tones, in the jazz music scene of the period surrounding World War II.