PAul thompson



bassist



BIO





PAUL THOMPSON

has been playing bass professionally for over 30 years, including recording and touring stints with trumpeter Maynard Ferguson and saxophonist Stanley Turrentine. Performance credits include Hubert Laws, Kurt Elling, Michael Feinstein, Bob James, John Pizzarelli, Phil Woods, Bob Reynolds, Dan Wilson, Sean Jones, and Billy Porter, among others. Currently, he can be seen playing around the Pittsburgh area with the THOTH Trio, the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, in pit orchestras of Pittsburgh Musical Theatre, Front Porch Theatricals, PCLO, and Pittsburgh Public Theatre, or performing with some of Pittsburgh's rich Jazz community.



SCHEDULE






AUGUST 2026






2


Reservoir of Jazz

w/ Steel City Calypso

5 - 7pm

https://www.pittsburghpa.gov/Recreation-Events/Events/Concerts/Reservoir-of-Jazz



8


Con Alma

w/ Thomas Wendt Quartet

7 - 11pm

https://www.conalmapgh.com/jazz



13


City of Asylum

"My Best Friends are Drummers"

7pm

https://cityofasylum.org/program/thursday-night-jazz-bassist-paul-thompson/



14 - 23


Pit Orchestra for

COME FROM AWAY

New Hazlett Theater

https://newhazletttheater.org/events/come-from-away/



26


City Winery w/ Brandon Victor Dixon

7:30 pm




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