Paul Trueblood (November 11, 1935 - January 16, 2012) was musical director/pianist for a variety of performers includingDiane Keaton,Michael Feinstein,Julie Wilson,Carol Lawrence,Matthew Broderick,Anita Ellis, andEarl Wrightson andLois Hunt. He was personal pianist for lyricistAlan Jay Lerner and directorJoshua Logan. He wrote special material for Radio City Music Hall, Martin Charnin's Upstairs at O'Neal's, numerous cabaret performers, and two scores for the American Methodist BicentennialA Church Is Born (Carnegie Hall, 1985) andAldersgate 88 (Avery Fisher Hall, 1988). He appeared withBetty Comden andAdolph Green on Broadway and thereafter in many concert engagements.
He conducted the New York companies of the Drama Critics Award musicalYour Own Thing, the 1986 Broadway revival ofOh, Coward!, Joshua Logan's remounting ofAnnie Get Your Gun,The Chosen,Red White and Maddox andDancing in the Dark, a revue of the songs of Dietz and Schwartz, produced byArthur Schwartz for the Manhattan Theater Club.
In 1996-97, he toured the world withMarianne Faithfull in aKurt Weill evening. His CD with Marianne Faithfull,20th Century Blues, was recorded live at theNew Morning Club and released by RCA Victor.
As a composer, Paul Trueblood's work was heard atRadio City Music Hall,Carnegie Hall,Lincoln Center and in every major New York cabaret venue.
He conducted two CDs with Metropolitan Opera starYoungok Shin (Samsung Classics), and with Broadway legendSally Ann Howes, and was the musical director for young German chanteuse Micaela Leon.
He was also a Master Teacher at the annual Cabaret Conference at Yale University.[1]
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