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






JUNE 2026





3


USX Plaza

w/ Steel City Calypso

4 - 6pm

https://www.steelcitycalypso.com/




5


Sweetwater Sweet Jazz 2026

Presents

CHECK YOUR BUCKET

7:30 - 9pm

https://sweetwaterartcenter.org/sweet-jazz/




6


Lincoln Hall

(Foxburg, PA)

w/ Steel City Calypso

7:30pm

https://alleghenyriverstone.org/event/chantal-joseph-steel-city-calypso/


12


Sweetwater Sweet Jazz 2026

Presents

The BLEIL BROTHERS

7:30 - 9pm https://sweetwaterartcenter.org/sweet-jazz/



20


Golden Age Beer

w/ Dave Throckmorton

7 - 10pm

https://www.goldenagebeer.com/events



21


Con Alma

w/ James Moore

5 - 8pm

https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz



22


McCandless Crossing

w/ Steel City Calypso

6 - 8pm

https://www.steelcitycalypso.com/



25


Carnegie in Carnegie

w/ Steel City Calypso

7 - 9pm

https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/global-performance-series-steel-city-calypso/



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