Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 829

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Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 103

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 103

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 429

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 429

Warning: setcookie() [function.setcookie]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 697

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Warning: setcookie() [function.setcookie]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 1397

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php:829) in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 1397

Warning: split() [function.split]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 1461

Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 1461

Warning: header() [function.header]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/index.php on line 227

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Warning: header() [function.header]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/index.php on line 228

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php:829) in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/index.php on line 228

Warning: header() [function.header]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/index.php on line 229

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php:829) in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/index.php on line 229

Warning: header() [function.header]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/index.php on line 230

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php:829) in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/index.php on line 230

Warning: header() [function.header]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/index.php on line 231

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php:829) in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/index.php on line 231

Warning: split() [function.split]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/templates/rt_versatility_ii_beige/index.php on line 5

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Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/joomla.php on line 5860





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Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387
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Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/modules/mod_author_list.php on line 28

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387
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Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/components/com_letterman/letterman.class.php on line 617

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/components/com_letterman/letterman.class.php on line 617

Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/components/com_magazine/magazine.html.php on line 741

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Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/components/com_magazine/magazine.html.php on line 957

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Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/components/com_magazine/magazine.html.php on line 1615

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Warning: require_once() [function.require-once]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/components/com_magazine/magazine.html.php on line 2029

Deprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/components/com_magazine/magazine.html.php on line 2029

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/components/com_magazine/magazine.php on line 34

Warning: date() [function.date]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/components/com_magazine/magazine.php on line 34

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Warning: eregi() [function.eregi]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/Chicago' for 'CDT/-5.0/DST' instead in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

Deprecated: Function eregi() is deprecated in /home/taiji/public_html/jazzradio247/jr247/includes/sef.php on line 387

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Paul V. Gaspar
Paul was born in 1966 in Rochester NY, the eighth of nine children. He was taught piano by an older sister when he was three years old, and began playing trumpet at age 10 in the area suburban public schools.
Paul began teaching private lessons at age 13 and playing trumpet in pit orchestras for musicals at age 15, professionally local funk, jazz, rock, reggae/ska groups at age 16. Since early on in high school, he was a member of two college (Nazareth & MCC) jazz ensembles & pit orchestras on lead & solo trumpet. He also participated in the NYSSMA High School All-State Conference in 1982 & 1983, in the Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band. In high school, Paul had a two tremendous teachers & mentors: Val Anzalone, who had the foresight to help further prepare Paul for the professional music world by introducing him to jazz arranging, as well as many professional musicians & band leaders, and Dr. Tim Sullivan, with whom Paul studied composition & arranging in his first college, (see Additional Education Notes this page) . Paul continued to performed regularly with the rich music culture Rochester has to offer; jazz, salsa, blues, R&B, Motown, and more.
Since 1986, Paul’s career as professional musician, conductor & writer has worked with a diversity of music & cultures, Christian & secular artists, studio & live (see resume). Paul, his wife of 18 years, Katrina, and their two children, Aaron & Trenton, spent a majority of 1994-2001 traveling the US & Puerto Rico where Paul worked as music director, lead & solo trumpet, composer/arranger for national touring acts, playing up to 500 performances per year. In 2002 Paul and his family returned to Rochester where Paul continues to perform, write & teach in Western NY and beyond as a freelancer and is currently on staff at The Hochstein School of Music as Salsa 101 instructor, Arts in Action children’s choir teacher & pianist, and as trumpet/jazz clinician. Paul’s main gig in Rochester before, between, & after touring, is as lead trumpet & transcriber for Orquesta Antonetti. Paul celebrates his 21st year with them in March 2007.
Paul can be heard on the Rochester, NY 2006 release CD Joy!: Celebrate Upstate NY Holiday Volume 1 featuring his writing, lead trumpet, solo jazz cornet and piano playing, as well as his choir directing & track producing. Paul is scheduled to record as lead trumpet with the Rick Holland/Evan Dobbins Little Big Band on a CD featuring jazz harmonica player Hendrick Murkins this June.
Additional Education Notes:
The Eastman Jazz Ensemble (1988-89), directed by Rayburn Wright & Raymond Ricker (3rd Trumpet with some lead & solo work)
Composition & Orchestration Instructors: Dr. Timothy Sullivan (Nazareth College), Rayburn Wright (Eastman School of Music)