Biography: Paul Murphy, Paul Nash, Paul Plimley, Paul Quinichette, Paul Ricci, Pachora, Paul Rogers, Paul Serrano, Paul Smoker, Paul Taylor,

Browse Celebrities by Category

Models
Sport

Film
Other

Video Clips

Celebrities A-Z

Celebrities - p

Paul Murphy
View: Biography
Genre: Jazz

Paul Murphy is an early second-generation avant-garde jazz drummer Based in NYC in the ’70s, his most notable regular jazz job was in Jimmy Lyons’ bands and on several of Lyons’ recordings

Paul Nash
View: Biography
Genre: Jazz

Orchestral jazz composer and guitarist Paul Nash was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1948 The son of a classical pianist, he earned his first fleeting taste of musical success in 1966 when one of his many teenage rock bands appeared between a then-unknown Jimi Hendrix and headliner the Blues Project at the legendary Greenwich Village nightclub Café Wha? After graduating from the Berklee College of Music in 1972, Nash relocated to San Francisco, earning his master’s degree in composition from Mills College four years later; he then founded the ten-piece Paul Nash Ensemble, which included trumpeter Mark Isham and drummer Eddie Marshall

Paul Plimley Biography, Photos, Pictures

Paul Plimley
View: Biography
Genre: Jazz

Vancouver-based pianist Paul Plimley studied European classical music with various teachers from the University of British Columbia, but in his own musical pursuits has remained firmly ensconced in the world of avant jazz and creative improvisation

Paul Quinichette Biography, Photos, Pictures

Paul Quinichette was known throughout his career as the “Vice Prez” because he sounded so similar to Lester Young While most of Young’s other followers emulated his ’30s style, Quinichette sounded like Lester Young of the then-present day (the 1950s)

Paul Ricci
View: Biography
Genre: Jazz

The busy recording career of reed player Paul Ricci represented a combination of classic jazz styles with dance band gigs and the demands of studio assignments, including a great deal of easy listening

Pachora
View: Biography
Genre: Jazz

Pachora is a group that formed in the late ’90s, and melds Middle Eastern and Eastern European musical influences into melodic and multi-rhythmic instrumental music The band consists of an excellent and tasteful group of smart players: percussionist Jim Black, clarinetist Chris Speed, guitarist Brad Shepik (who also plays saz), and bassist Skuli Sverrisson

Paul Rogers
View: Biography
Genre: Jazz

One of Europe’s finest bassists and a busy free improvisation player comparable to John Edwards and Barry Guy, Paul Rogers is mostly known for his long-standing tenure in the free improv quartet Mujician

Paul Serrano Biography, Photos, Pictures

Paul Serrano
View: Biography
Genre: Jazz

A Chicago trumpeter of the bop, post bop, and hard bop school, he is a nice extension of ’40s and ’50s role models, and is also his own man ~ Michael G Nastos, All Music Guide

Paul Smoker
View: Biography
Genre: Jazz

A compelling yet undersung avant-garde trumpeter, Smoker is a master of the instrument’s expressive possibilities — the growls, wahs, and other tonal manipulations that have come to define its use in jazz

Paul Taylor
View: Biography
Genre: Jazz

Paul Taylor grew up in Denver, where he took up the saxophone at the age of seven He played in school bands, and in high school joined a Top 40 band called Mixed Company Jazz keyboardist Keiko Matsui and her husband, producer Kazu Matsui, discovered him playing at the Catalina Island Jazz Festival and hired him to play in their band