CURRICULUM VITAE

    Paul


    Professional Musician/Arranger/Composer/Educator

    CURRENT:
    Freelance acoustic bassist
    Founding member (guitarist/bassist/vocalist/arranger/composer) of group "JazznSamba" since 1993 with K.Claire Shaw and Skip Beckwith
    Samba-Jazz-Fusion Project "SAMBIOSIS"
    Website design and management for jazznsamba productions
    Dealer for Biesele pickups for acoustic bass

    PERSONAL:
    Began playing guitar 1971.
    Professional musician/composer/arranger since 1982.
    Performed in Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Guatamala, Denmark and Brazil.

    EDUCATION:
    B.A. Music Major, St.F.X.U., Antigonish, N.S. 1994 (scholarship)
    Diploma in Jazz Studies, St.F.X.U. 1982 (scholarship)
    Graduated Grade XII Cobequid Education Centre, Truro 1980
    Informal study with Bossa Nova drummer Edison Machado and pianist Jose Roberto Bertrami, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1990

    COMPOSITION:
    Over 25 in the bossa nova/brazilian rhythm style
    various other blues/jazz influenced tunes.

    NOMINATIONS:
    East Coast Music Award, best jazz artist (JazznSamba)

    AWARDS:
    Innovative Class competition at Atlantic Stageband Festival 1982
    Graduated 1st in class, Jazz Studies Program, St.F.X.U. 1982
    Outstanding Composition Award, Atlantic Stageband Festival 1981
    Ralph M. Guy Award for Musical Excellence, C.E.C. 1980

    RECORDINGS:
    "Christmas Card" (independent) with jazznsamba, 1997 and
    "POSTCARD" (Independent) with jazznsamba, 1996 (both receiving substantial airplay on CBC - Disc Drive, Mainstreet, Sunday Morning, Gabereau, Morningside, AfterHours, Nightlines, etc. - and on independent radio stations across Canada)
    "SHADOWJAZZ" (Independent) with Maria Hiort Petersen 1986

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

    1993-99:

  • Workshop on Brazilian Music at St. F.X. University, January 1999
  • JazznSamba Christmas Card CD Launch, Montreal Bistro, Toronto, Ontario, December 1998 with guests saxophonist Mike Murley, drummer Barry Elmes and pianist Brian Dickinson
  • Performance with comedian Steve Allen and pianist Paul Smith, Imperial Theatre, St. John, N.B., September 1998
  • JazznSamba National Tour 1998
  • Debut of Brazilian inspired Jazz Project "SAMBIOSIS" at Atlantic Jazz Festival 1998
  • JazznSamba with special guest Scott MacMillan at the Whitman Inn, N.S.
  • "Christmas Card" Concert Tour of Nova Scotia venues December '97.
  • Performance with JazznSamba and Kendra MacGillivray at events associated with the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Boston, as part of the Nova Scotia Tourism Marketing Board's audio-visual presentation to New England Tourism Operators.
  • Arrangements of "One Note Samba" and "Blue Skies" for high school choirs, commisioned by Bonita M. Smith of Victoria Schools System for presentation at Music Conference & Festival, Empress Hotel, Victoria in February 1998.
  • Summer '97 Tour of Nova Scotia sponsored by the Nova Scotia Department of Education and Culture
  • Performances and workshops at Atlantic Jazz Festivals.
  • JazznSamba headlining group at Edmunston Jazz and Blues Festival '97.
  • Clubs, concerts, workshops in B.C. (Vancouver, Victoria, Duncan, Sechelt, etc. April/May).
  • Fall '96 POSTCARD Concert Tour of N.S. with special guests Mike Murley, Anil Sharma and Tom Roach.
  • CBC Radio Network recording Live From Mainstage, Atlantic Jazz Festival ('95) with guests Hendrik Meurkens, Don Palmer & Jerry Granelli.
  • Concerts, club dates, and Festivals throughout the Maritimes.
  • Private guitar instruction. Guitar workshops. Various clubdates in and around Halifax.
  • Organized and performed at weekly jazz series, Dalhousie Graduate House ('95-96) and Khyber Arts Centre ('95).
  • With Concord recording artist Hendrik Meurkens, recorded music tracks for and appeared in the CastleRock motion picture "Delores Claiborne" ('94).

    1992-94:
    Attended St.F.X.U. Jazz Studies Dept. to complete B.A.(Music) degree program, which was not available in 1982, and to study acoustic bass.
    Created and produced educational booklet documenting bossa nova guitar method (for workshops, students, etc.)

    1991-92:
    Returned to Canada and began studying acoustic bass in preparation for program of study at St.F.X.U. with Skip Beckwith.
    Various gigs with "Men of the Deeps" and other local artists.

    1988-91:
    Weekly performances (4 nights/week) at "People", Rio de Janeiro's top jazz club with a variety of artists.

    1985-87:
    Performances throughout California, Washington, Oregon, Mexico, Denmark and Guatemala (Radio, TV, concerts, schools, workshops).

    1984-85:
    Composed for and performed with original art music group "Flying Ship", Vancouver.
    Club dates with various other artists.

    1982-84:
    Performed in duo with Marc Lullham - original/jazz/acoustic music, numerous appearances at universities, clubs and festivals throughout New Brunswick.
    Original music project (with recording) with Ian Sedgewick.

    1981-82:
    Guitarist for Jazz Faculty Quintet, St. F.X.U.
    Taught jazz theory course.

    OTHER:
    T.V., radio and studio recording sessions (Canada, Denmark, Mexico, Brazil).
    Musicals, amateur and professional, at C.E.C., Theatre Antigonish, and the Stephenville Festival in Newfoundland.
    Guitar/bass instructor, N.S. Summer Music Camp, Truro.
    Numerous performances with C.E.C. bands.

    LANGUAGES:
    English (native), Portuguese (little rusty), Spanish (partial fluency), French (working knowledge)

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