Mac Gollehon

Mac Gollehon es un trompetista estadounidense que ha participado en más de doscientos discos de oro y platino, incluyendo remezclas. Es especialmente conocido por sus interpretaciones en «Let's Dance» de David Bowie , los discos de Duran Duran , «Notorious » y « Skin Trade », «Get Outta My Dreams» de Billy Ocean y « Inside Story » de Grace Jones . Down Beat describió el último disco de Gollehon como «un cóctel Molotov de funk electrónico con clave y una interpretación de metales pura: disco inteligente». ^{[ 1 ]}

Mac Gollehon comenzó tocando con bandas de música country a los 10 años en su Carolina del Norte natal. A los 13 años tocaba en el circo con el director de orquesta Merle Evans . En la escuela secundaria, tocó con varias bandas, así como con la Orquesta Sinfónica de Roanoke . ^{[ 2 ]} A los 18 años ingresó en el Berklee College of Music y tocaba en clubes nocturnos. ^{[ 3 ]} Durante los veranos tocaba con leyendas del jazz como Buddy Morrow y Buddy Rich . ^{[ 4 ]}

In 1979, Gollehon moved to New York City and was introduced to Miles Davis through a mutual friend, Davis gave Gollehon the nickname 'Chops'.^[5] It was around this time that he started to impress New York producers like Nile Rodgers, Arif Mardin, and Mike Chapman.^[3][6] He was noted for his ability to come up with arrangements on the fly, as was the standard in New York City at that time.^[7] Through gradually building his name on this scene he found himself working with the likes of Mick Jagger and Bruce Springsteen.^[3][7] Mac Gollehon also found himself as a longtime member of his musical hero Lester Bowie's group Brass Fantasy.^[3] this same period Gollehon found himself touring with many of the artists who he met in the studio. This led to extended stints with groups such as Duran Duran, Hall & Oates and Chaka Khan.^[3][8] He found himself on literally thousands of recordings and on dozens of Top 40 singles.^[3]

Throughout his career, Gollehon has frequently focused on Latin music.^[4] This culminated in stints with Latin legends like Héctor Lavoe, Mighty Sparrow, Arrow, Larry Harlow, Frankie Ruiz. Richie Ray and Hilton Ruiz.^[9][10][11] This has culminated with his most recent release, Mac Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics,All About Jazz said the record, "focuses on the grooves and rhythms that are at the forefront of both Latin musics like salsa and EDM."^[5] With other critics assenting - some going so far as to label him a pioneer of Latin EDM.^[8][12][13]

• Smokin' Section (1996)
• Live at the Blue Note (1999)
• Smokin' Live (1999)
• In the Spirit of Fats Navarro (2000)
• Mac Straight Ahead (2010)
• Odisea de la nostalgia (2011)
• La Fama (2012)
• Mac Gollehon y los Mecánicos Hispanos (2016)
• El fin es el principio (2022)

MAC Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics “Bite of the Street” (2023) MAC Gollehon & The Hispanic Mechanics “Pistoleros” (2025)

Créditos según AllMusic ^{[ 11 ]}