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Posey, Hal

June 11, 2020 By Michael Fitzgerald 3 Comments

Trumpeter. Harold A. Posey, Jr. born September 19, 1930 in Reading, Pennsylvania; died March 31, 2017 in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Played with Eddie Phyfe at Olivia Davis’ Patio Lounge in 1956 and with the Swanee Six at the Bayou in 1957. Toured with Woody Herman Orchestra in 1958. Joined Charlie Byrd’s group in 1966 and toured Europe and Africa. Appeared at Blues Alley as a leader through the 1970s. Recorded with Bill Potts in 1987. Member of the Gene Donati band in 1980s and 1990s before retiring from music in 1995.


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Roberts, Byron. “Posey’s Horn Commands Audience.” Washington Post, May 10, 1964.
Segraves, John. “After Dark: Lonely Opening for a Fine Act.” Washington Star, February 3, 1972.
Washington Post. “Notable Deaths in the Washington Area,” May 2, 2017.
Washington Post. “Trumpeter at Showboat,” January 9, 1966.

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  1. Lee Cahalan says

    April 21, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    Hal was my first teacher of the trumpet. He was a truly great musician and a fine flautist as well. In general the flute is not the normal doubling instrument for trumpet players. Two things I’ll always remember about Hal,

    His appearance with bandleader Charlie Byrd on National television back in 1967. He’d taken the week off from teaching lessons and told me what channel that he’d appear on. And?

    He brought a flugel horn into my lesson one day. An instrument I’d never been exposed to previously.

    I was very young when I met and studied with Hal. He taught a number of my fellow students. A real tester on music theory. Much of my foundation and background in melody & harmony is rooted in my weekly lessons with Hal.

    As a personality, he was kind of old school. A little gruff. Meaning quite strict. He insisted that I practice hard. I was a very young boy at the time and the strong desire that I’d eventually develop to play the trumpet wouldn’t blossom until a few years later when I became a teen.

    I sorta feared him.

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    • Dewitt DeLawter says

      February 3, 2022 at 2:23 pm

      Hal was my first trumpet teacher as well. The lessons were at the Music and Arts Center. I believe was on Wisconsin Ave in Bethesda. He left there and moved to Florida to work at Disney World when it first opened. I also bought my first trumpet from Hal. A French Selmer which I still have to this day.

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  2. Marty Goldscherer says

    March 10, 2022 at 6:39 pm

    Hal was a young musician when he played with my father in Virginia Beach, VA . My father, Danny Teagarden, had a 5 piece combo for many years in VB. I remember Hal played one summer, around 1949 or 50 with a full cast on his back. He had a beautiful sound . I caught up with him a number of years later at Ft Bragg, where I was stationed when he was with the Herman orchestra.

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