Gene Hull

Gene Hull is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, with additional studies at Fairfield University, Juilliard, and the Creative Writing Program of Florida International University.

He has had three robust careers... not including father of eight children.(His oldest son, David, is a recording artist and sometime bass player with Aerosmith.)

MUSICIAN – A thirty-year career as a professional musician. Played saxophone, clarinet and flute. Was a prolific bandleader. Credits range from the Duke Ellington Orchestra to the Connecticut Symphony to Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Bob Hope…even Katherine Hepburn. Jazz concert producer. Vic Damone’s musical director. Musical conductor at the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. Led own big band for over twenty years. Played the Newport Jazz Festival. Birdland, New York City. Carnegie Hall. Jazz flutist on Columbia Records.

PPRODUCER - His second career took him to Florida where for many years he was the Senior Entertainment Producer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. During his tenure the company’s stage productions and ice shows consistently placed number one in the cruise industry.

AUTHOR - Four books: “Going To Court” a illustrated book of verse saluting amateur tennis, “Hooked on a Horn-Memoirs of a Recovered Musician”, the precursor of “Chasing the Muse,” “Slice of Life,” a collection of dramatic short stories, “Chasing the Muse–A life in Music and Show Business” with over 50 rare photographs.

Gene is president of the Florida Treasure Coast Writers Guild, past president of the Martin County Writers association, moderator of the Morningside Library Writers Critique Workshop in Port St. Lucie, FL, Board Member of the Fort Pierce Jazz Society, a Toastmaster speaker, and reviewer of books for Scripps Newspapers. His review column, “Local Author Spotlight,” appears each Sunday in Scripps Florida Newspapers.

He is a frequent guest speaker for book clubs and community organizations where he discusses the writing process, his books and his music career. Inquiries are invited at www.genehull@msn.com.