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






SEPTEMBER 2026





11


Con Alma

w/ Steel City Calypso

7 - 11pm

https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz



12


The Space Upstairs

w/ THOTH Trio

9pm

https://www.thespaceupstairs.org/second-saturdays



15


Uptown Jazz Concert

w/ Duquesne University 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




19


West Virginia Wine & Jazz Fest

w/ WVU Jazz Faculty

11:30am

https://wvwineandjazz.com/


Shadyside Summer Music Series

w/ Scott Boni

Walnut Parklet

3pm

https://shadyside.org/events.html



20


West Virginia Wine & Jazz Fest

w/ Greer Lambert

12:50pm

https://wvwineandjazz.com/



24


Alphabet City

w/ Pittsburgh Guitar Legacy

7pm

https://cityofasylum.org/program/thursday-night-jazz-the-pittsburgh-jazz-guitar-legacy-celebrated/



26


Manchester Craftsmen's Guild

w/ Pgh Jazz Orchestra

feat. Andy Farber

https://www.mcgjazz.org/40th-season



27


Live Soundtrack to

The Black Pirate

w/ THOTH Trio

Lindsay Theater

2pm

https://thelindsaytheater.org/event/pittsburgh-silent-film-festival-the-black-pirate/





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