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A jazz pianist who’s recorded several sessions and one album for Ivy Jazz, a mix of standards, pop songs and originals ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
Probably the greatest, most proficient, most creative violinist in the world, Paul Giger’s limited number of recordings only hints at his virtuosity, and since so few of his compositions have been recorded, his exposure to the world has been very limited
Composer/producer Paul Gilman studied at the Boston Conservatory of Music, and began to record music for TV commercials He formed the Full Circle label in 1994 for his own MIDI-enhanced new age recordings, and has released three of his own albums — Uncharted Seas, From the Other Side, It’s My Turn — in addition to recordings with the Gyuto Monks and solo albums from John Phillips, Eddie Kendricks and Leon Russell
Though he’s best known as a member of the Paul Winter Consort, this English-born pianist has an impressive career of his own After receiving a Masters degree from Cambridge, with prizes in composition and harpsichord playing, Halley was named Musical Director at New York’s Cathedral of St
When Paul Hettigan and Charlie McGettigan won the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest for the Republic of Ireland, it was the first occasion upon which any country had triumphed in the finals three years running; their song, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Kids,” was likewise the first entry ever to receive more than 200 votes in the competition’s history
Pablo Moses burst onto the reggae scene in 1975 with the puzzling song “I Man a Grasshopper” from his debut album Revolutionary Dream The song title refers the title character of the then popular television series Kung Fu though it tells the story of a drunken ex-cop who turns in a ganja-smoking singer
When one evaluates Paul Horn’s career, it is as if he were two people, pre- and post-1967 In his early days, Horn was an excellent cool-toned altoist and flutist, while later he became a new age flutist whose mood music is often best used as background music for meditation
Paul Huellou is well known in his native Brittany where he has become one of the foremost singers of the Breton music tradition ~ Music Of The World, All Music Guide
Songwriter Paul Mason Howard most often worked as part of a team, his most well-known and prolifically recorded ditty being “Shrimp Boats” This appetizing song sizzled its way up the charts in 1951, recorded by Jo Stafford, among many others
In the liner notes of his 1994 debut album, Nahoo, Scotland-born and Brazil-based keyboardist, vocalist, and composer Paul Mounsey explained his musical approach: “I have always been struck by the inherent groove in many Scottish folk tunes