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Presented in Partnership with MCG Jazz

Performing the Music of Wayne Shortner

Paul Thompson has played bass professionally for over 25 years, including recording and touring stints with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson and saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. Recent playing credits include Hubert Laws, the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Joe Locke, and Bob James. Currently, he can be seen playing around the Pittsburgh area with Salsamba!, THOTH Trio, the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, in pit orchestras at the Byham and New Hazlett Theaters, or performing with some of our city's rich Jazz community. Paul also teaches Jazz Bass at West Virginia University, Duquesne University, and West Virginia Wesleyan College. He has also been an adjunct instrumental music teacher at his alma mater, Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 Performing Arts School, for the last 14 years.