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Paul West - Vocals, piano |
The Seattle
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Pianist/singer/composer Paul West entered the
Seattle music scene in the middle 50's,
appearing at Norm Bobrow's Colony with Broadway
"Flower Drum Song" star Pat Suzuki. Through the
60's Paul held forth at The Door Coffeehouse,
The Sorrento Hotel and the Riviera on Lake Union
with bassists Kenny Greig, Don Rogers and Lee
Phelps (returning later for another long stay
when the Riviera became the Hungry Turtle).
In the 70's Paul formed the popular trio ‘BLT’ with Rolf
Johnson and Gail Clements. In the early 80's, West
worked in Seattle and Los Angeles with Mark Brown and Garnet
Hundley in the trio ‘Surprise,’ highlighted by Jazz Alley and
Bellevue Jazz Festival appearances backed by the Barney
McClure/Chuck Deardorf/Mike McKinley trio. |
The mid 80's found West pursuing his advertising
copywriting career in Los Angeles, where he had
a long stand at LA Nicola (occasionally joined
by trombonist Bill Reichenbach).
Returning to Seattle to work at Microsoft in 1991,
Paul, along with Lee Phelps and Norm Bobrow
became fixtures at the Rive Gauche (now
Tula's) and for the past 7 years at the College
Club.
"Lucky So and So" is West's second album of (mostly)
original compositions.
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pianist,
singer, swingin' time keeper
accompanying the boy inside,
lyricist, you offer laughter
pleasant dreams, swallowed pride.
husband
married to the blues
father welcoming his child
romantic with the heart to choose
life blooming with surprise.
all
alone but never lonely
marking friendship in the sand
you do your best to make happy
all of us who love the man.
Jason West
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