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Paul Thompson’s Capa Jazz Orchestra at City Of Asylum @ Alphabet City

Where

City Of Asylum @ Alphabet City
40 W North Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA
Map
412-435-1110

When

Thu, February 6, 2025
7:00 pm

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Musicians

Paul Thompson
bass, acoustic
Scott Boni
saxophone

About

City of Asylum welcomes The CAPA Jazz Orchestra, led by Pittsburgh bass icon Paul Thompson, for an evening of inspired performance by the future jazz heroes of Pittsburgh. The CJO features 27 students from Pittsburgh’s Creative and Performing Arts School (grades 9-12) playing the music of jazz greats including Jaco Pastorius, Chick Corea, Duke Ellington, and Bob James. The group uses an expanded instrumentation that adds flutes and a string section to the more traditional jazz ensemble.

Music Director Paul Thompson, known by the Thursday Nigh Jazz crowd for his incredible talent on the bass, shares a new side of himself in this performance: that of a dedicated educator and director...

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