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






OCTOBER 2026





1, 2, 4


Pit Orchestra for RENT

Greer Cabaret Theater

https://trustarts.org/production/109626/rent



8


Carnegie Studio Jazz Series

w/ Steel City Calypso

7pm

https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/carnegie-carnegie-studio-jazz-series-afro-caribbean-jazz-with-steel-city-calypso-chantal-joseph/



9 - 10


Pit Orchestra for RENT

Greer Cabaret Theater https://trustarts.org/production/109626/rent



10


Saturday Light Brigade Radio

w/ THOTH Trio (LIVE)

11am

https://slbradio.org/



11


Carnegie Studio Jazz Series

w/ THOTH Trio

CD RELEASE!!

7pm

https://wvwineandjazz.com/



15


Pit Orchestra for OFF THE RECORD

Byham Theater

8pm

https://offtherecordpgh.org/



16, 18


Pit Orchestra for RENT

Greer Cabaret Theater https://trustarts.org/production/109626/rent



23


Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center

JAZZ IN THE BOX: Duke Ellington

w/ Alton Merrell

7pm

https://www.lincolnparkarts.org/events



24 - 25


Hollywood Theater

w/ Bach Choir of Pittsburgh

LIVE Music Scoring Frankenstein (1931)

https://rowhousecinemas.com/hollywood



27


Uptown Jazz Concert

w/ Duquesne Jazz Faculty

Mary Pappert School of Music

7:30pm

https://www.duq.edu/academics/colleges-and-schools/music/calendar-of-events/uptown-jazz-series.php



28


WVU Jazz Combos Concert

Creative Arts Center

7:30pm

https://cal.wvu.edu/event/school-of-music-jazz-combos-102126



29


Con Alma

w/ Ross Antonich Quartet

7pm

https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz





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