PAul thompson



bassist



BIO





PAUL THOMPSON

has been playing bass professionally for over 30 years, including recording and touring stints with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson and saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. Performance credits include Hubert Laws, Kurt Elling, Michael Feinstein, Bob James, John Pizzarelli, Phil Woods, Bob Reynolds, Dan Wilson, Sean Jones, and Billy Porter, among others. Currently, he can be seen playing around the Pittsburgh area with the THOTH Trio, the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, in pit orchestras of Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Front Porch Theatricals, PCLO, and Pittsburgh Public Theatre, or performing with some of Pittsburgh's rich Jazz community.



SCHEDULE






APRIL 2026






2


Con Alma

w/ Dave Throckmorton Quartet

7pm

https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz




9 - 12


Greer Cabaret Theater

w/ The Jersey Tenors

https://trustarts.org/production/103644/the-jersey-tenors



16


Alphabet City

w/ the CAPA Jazz Orchestra

(and Special Guest DAN MEUNIER)

7pm

https://cityofasylum.org/program/thursday-night-jazz-paul-thompson-directs-the-capa-jazz-orchestra/




21


Greer Cabaret Lounge

w/ the 'Waynetet'

5pm

https://trustarts.org/event/30841-2025/paul-thompson-waynetet




24 - 25



WVU Jazz Festival

GUEST ARTIST

https://creativeartsandmedia.wvu.edu/school-of-music/engagement-opportunities/mountaineer-honor-jazz-ensembles




29 - 5/3



Pit Orchestra for

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

(Point Park Playhouse)

https://playhouse.pointpark.edu/shows-events/conservatory-theatre/Little-Shop-of-Horrors






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