Paul Riser

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music arranger person record producer trombonist

Paul Riser is an American Motown trombonist and arranger best known for crafting the lush orchestral arrangements on many of Stevie Wonder’s classic recordings.

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Paul Riser canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	music arranger ⓘ person ⓘ record producer ⓘ trombonist ⓘ
activeIn	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ
associatedWith	Gladys Knight & the Pips ⓘ Marvin Gaye ⓘ Motown ⓘ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles ⓘ surface form: Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Stevie Wonder ⓘ The Four Tops ⓘ The Temptations ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
basedIn	Detroit, Michigan, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
employer	Motown ⓘ surface form: Motown Records
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
fieldOfWork	music arrangement ⓘ orchestration ⓘ record production ⓘ
genre	Motown ⓘ surface form: Motown sound R&B ⓘ soul music ⓘ
instrument	trombone ⓘ
knownFor	orchestral arrangements for Stevie Wonder recordings ⓘ string arrangements on Motown records ⓘ
memberOf	The Funk Brothers ⓘ surface form: Motown house band The Funk Brothers
nationality	American ⓘ
notableFor	helping define the classic Motown orchestral sound ⓘ
notableWork	arrangement for "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell version) ⓘ arrangement for "I Was Made to Love Her" by Stevie Wonder ⓘ arrangement for "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" by Jimmy Ruffin ⓘ arrangements on Stevie Wonder album "Innervisions" ⓘ arrangements on Stevie Wonder album "Songs in the Key of Life" ⓘ arrangements on Stevie Wonder album "Talking Book" ⓘ string arrangement for "My Girl" by The Temptations ⓘ
occupation	arranger ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ trombonist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Detroit, Michigan, United States of America ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
recordLabel	Motown ⓘ surface form: Motown Records

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For Once in My Life → arrangerOfStevieWonderVersion → Paul Riser ⓘ

I Don't Know Why → composer → Paul Riser ⓘ