This is John Paulson's first CD and it represents a wide range of acoustic jazz styles including minor blues, bossa novas and ballads featuring tenor & soprano saxes, Bb flute, piano, bass, drums, guitar and percussion.

14 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Swing/Big Band, JAZZ: Bossa Nova



Details:
Blues For Erin
CD Notes
1994

The John Paulson Jazz Quartet

The John Paulson Jazz Quartet has been performing throughout the Midwest for over 19 years. The group was featured "live" on MPR's Morning Show this May in a broadcast from the Sheldon Theater in Red Wing. Other venues have included festivals, clubs like the Dakota Bar and Grill in St. Paul, colleges and high schools. Dr. Paulson is professor of music at Saint Mary's University where he has directed jazz studies and taught woodwinds for the last 22 years in addition to being Music Industry program director. He received his BM and Master of Music degrees from the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and his DMA in music ed. from the University of Washington in Seattle. He has published numerous articles and done educational CD's for The Saxophone Journal and Jazz Player magazine. The group performing on Blues for Erin includes John Paulson, saxophones and Bb flute; Scott Warner and Eric Heukeshoven, piano; Gordy Johnson, bass; David Lamoreux, trumpet; Brad Steine and Ken Dalluge on percussion. This band is known for its hard hitting swing and repertoire of standards including well know bossa novas and ballads. The group performs on a regular basis in the southeastern Minnesota area. Check the JP Jazz Pages web site at johnpaulsonjazz.com for dates, times, special workshops, publications, CD's and sheet music.