{"id":392,"date":"2014-02-27T07:12:54","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T07:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2014-06-08T05:02:31","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T05:02:31","slug":"paul-west","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/paul-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul West – Jazz Vocal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Paul West \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The Seattle Scene<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Paul<\/a><\/td>\nPianist\/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).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the 70’s Paul formed the popular trio \u2018BLT\u2019 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 \u2018Surprise,\u2019 highlighted by Jazz Alley and Bellevue Jazz Festival appearances backed by the Barney McClure\/Chuck Deardorf\/Mike McKinley trio.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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). <\/span> 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.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Being Alone \u00a0 18.95<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Paul<\/td>\n1.\u00a0Truckin’<\/a><\/span>
2. Here’s That Rainy Day<\/span>
3.\u00a0Miss You Mr. Mercer<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
4. Angel Eyes<\/span>
5. Lover’s Prayer<\/span>
6. Being Alone<\/span>
7.\u00a0My Buddy<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
8. Someone to Watch Over Me<\/span><\/td>\n		9. Willie and Laura Mae Jones
10. Ain’t Got Nothin’ but the Blues<\/span>
11. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning<\/span>
12. ‘Round Midnight\/Yesterdays<\/span>
13. Georgia on my Mind<\/span>
14. How Deep is the Ocean<\/span>
15. Prelude to a Kiss
<\/span>Paul West on vocals and piano<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Lucky So and So \u00a0 \u00a018.95<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Paul<\/a><\/td>\n1. Boo\u00a0<\/span>
2. Welcome Little Girl<\/span>
3. Married to the Blues<\/span>
4.\u00a0Donna Lee<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
5. If I Could Have My Way<\/span>
6.\u00a020th Century Fox<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
7. Spiders<\/span>
8.\u00a0I Like You So Much Better<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
9. I’m Just a Lucky So and So<\/span><\/td>\n		Bassist Jeff Johnson, the rarely heard Northwest great Ford Ramsey on piano (tracks 3, 5 and 8), Paul on the others, and a couple of beautiful arrangements by trombonist Bill Reichenbach with an all-star L.A. big band \u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u00a0Paul West \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The Seattle Scene 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 \u2018BLT\u2019 with Rolf Johnson and Gail Clements. In the early 80’s, West worked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-left-column.php","meta":{"spay_email":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4l8kt-6k","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2723,"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/392\/revisions\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/worldjazzscene.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}