Paul Jost With Matthew Parrish Trio, Houston Person at James A. Michener Art Museum

Paul Jost performs as featured singer as the Matthew Parrish Trio accompanies jazz saxophone legend Houston Person in this Jazz Night special. Jazz bassist, arranger, and composer Matthew Parrish is no stranger to the New York jazz scene. He frequently plays at jazz clubs and tours internationally. With decades of his life devote to the art of the jazz bass, Parrish also shares his experience by teaching and mentoring children and adults throughout the United States. All About Jazz magazine said of Paul Jost "Jost's boppish scatting bristles with the unmistakable energy of in-the-moment improvisation. Jost is an all-rounder; his gravely soul delivery can sound like a cross between singers Otis Redding and Pino Daniele, and he imbues singer John Sebastian's 'Daydream' with the Delta blues." Musicologist Raul da Gama has written of Paul, "...in his pristine articulation, Mr Jost dips into a colour palette that is not only most unusual, but also vast and encompassing of an impossibly wide register...he has been spoken of as a worthy successor, among male vocalists, to the legendary Mark Murphy." Houston Person has recorded more than 75 albums, known for soulful thick-toned tenor. He has played and recorded with other legends like Cedar Walton, Etta Jones, Ran Blake, and Ron Carter....

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Paul Jost performs as featured singer as the Matthew Parrish Trio accompanies jazz saxophone legend Houston Person in this Jazz Night special. Jazz bassist, arranger, and composer Matthew Parrish is no stranger to the New York jazz scene. He frequently plays at jazz clubs and tours internationally. With decades of his life devote to the art of the jazz bass, Parrish also shares his experience by teaching and mentoring children and adults throughout the United States. All About Jazz magazine said of Paul Jost "Jost's boppish scatting bristles with the unmistakable energy of in-the-moment improvisation. Jost is an all-rounder; his gravely soul delivery can sound like a cross between singers Otis Redding and Pino Daniele, and he imbues singer John Sebastian's 'Daydream' with the Delta blues." Musicologist Raul da Gama has written of Paul, "...in his pristine articulation, Mr Jost dips into a colour palette that is not only most unusual, but also vast and encompassing of an impossibly wide register...he has been spoken of as a worthy successor, among male vocalists, to the legendary Mark Murphy." Houston Person has recorded more than 75 albums, known for soulful thick-toned tenor. He has played and recorded with other legends like Cedar Walton, Etta Jones, Ran Blake, and Ron Carter.
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