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PAul thompson



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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, Geri Allen, 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.



EDUCATOR





Paul has been a guest artist/clinician at Kent State University, Slippery Rock University, West Virginia Wesleyan College among others and is currently an adjunct professor of Jazz Bass at Duquesne University and West Virginia University. He has been an Instrumental Music teacher at his alma mater, Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 Performing Arts School, since 2005. He also maintains a busy teaching studio of bassists of all ages and levels.ming Arts School.




SCHEDULE







DECEMBER 2023


1

Con Alma
w/ Cliff Barnes Trio
6 - 9pm
https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz


2

Golden Age Beer
w/ Thomas Wendt Quartet
2 - 5pm
https://www.goldenagebeer.com/events


8

Paul Thompson's "Wayne-tet"
Performs More Music from Wayne Shorter
St. Stephen Lutheran Church
7:30pm
https://www.facebook.com/events/850513256656052


9

Con Alma
w/ Ippolito-Fritcher Quartet
6 - 9pm
https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz


12

JazzLIVE
w/ Lynn Speakman
Backstage Bar
5 - 7pm
https://trustarts.org/event/26145-2023/lynn-speakman-quintet


13

Con Alma
w/ Thomas Wendt
6 - 9pm
https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz


14

Kingfly Spirits
w/ THOTH Trio
7 - 10pm
https://www.kingflyspirits.com/kingfly-events


18

Con Alma Jam Session
w/ Tony Campbell
6 - 9pm
https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz


21

Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra
HOLIDAY CONCERT
Point Park Playhouse
7pm
https://playhouse.pointpark.edu/shows-events/playhouse-presents/pjo-holiday-concert


22

Golden Age Beer
w/ Thomas Wendt
6 - 9pm
https://www.goldenagebeer.com/events


27

Con Alma
w/ Dave Throckmorton Quartet
6 - 9pm
https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz


29

Hill Dance Academy Theater
Jazz on Webster, Bedford & Wandless Series
w/ Thomas Wendt
5 - 8pm
https://www.5678hdat.org/event-details/jazz-on-webster-bedford-wandless-pittsburgh-jazz-series-2023-12-29-17-00


30

Con Alma
w/ Thomas Wendt
6 - 9pm
https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz


31

Kingfly Spirits
w/ Dave Throckmorton Trio
7 - 9pm
https://www.kingflyspirits.com/kingfly-events




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