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lemonade kid
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Paul Sullivan
..some inspiring, jazzy piano hooks and just brilliant. Solo chamber jazz. Sketches Of Maine-4 1/2 out of 5 stars--allmusicguide.com
Click Play All--Farewell To Maine, Eggemoggin Reach, Wave Tag..just gets me there and keeps me there.
Listen and read on...
http://grooveshark.com/#!/artist/Paul+Sullivan/449230
Paul Sullivan has enjoyed a richly varied and distinguished career as a composer and a pianist.
As a soloist, with his trio, and as a member of the Paul Winter Consort, he has played concert tours in most of the United States and Europe, as well as Croatia, Israel, Costa Rica, and Japan. He has performed among the dunes of the Negev Desert, in Leonard Bernstein’s living room, and on the stages of many of the world’s finest concert halls. He has also performed with some legendary orchestras, such as the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy, the Boston Pops under both Arthur Fiedler and Keith Lockhardt, and several regional orchestras around the US..
As a jazz player he has worked in some of New York’s most prestigious clubs, including Sweet Basil, The Village Vanguard, and Bradley's. He has played with a wide variety of jazz masters from Benny Goodman to Tommy Flanagan, as well as Red Mitchell, Lou Donaldson, George Mraz, Gerry Hemingway, Marc Helias, Gene Bertoncini, Luciana Sousa, Cafe, Jane Ira Bloom, Pheeroan AkLaff, Eddie Daniels, Richard Stoltzman, Nana Vasconcelos, Glen Velez and many other luminaries. His 13 CDs have sold over 300 thousand copies and have won 3 Indie Awards. He His music has been broadcast internationally, as well as on all the major American networks, including National Public Radio. He received a Grammy Award for his work on the Paul Winter Consort CD, Silver Solstice.
Paul had a 3 year engagement as the Music Teacher at the Brooklin Elementary School in Brooklin, Maine. In this role he introduced his town's children to the world of professional music. He and all of the children of the school had appearances with Noel Paul Stookey, Sarah Lee Guthrie, and David Grisman, as well as being featured on several television shows and performing at the Maine State House.
In the theater he has worked as a musical director, pianist, and conductor for many Off-Broadway and Broadway shows. He played keyboards and shared the conducting duties for the original production of the musical Nine, which won a Tony Award for Best Musical.
He has also worked extensively in the dance world, playing piano for Merce Cunningham’s classes, and writing music for the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. He has also enjoyed a long friendship with the Pilobolus Dance Theater, for whom he has written over 15 scores.
Through the years, Paul has also written music for a number of corporate clients. Recently he wrote more than an hour of musical cues for stage productions created for IBM's Golden Circle Awards. He has also created music for video companies, software companies, and telephone companies. His compositions have been used in advertising for a broad spectrum of clients.
In performance, Paul Sullivan creates a relaxed and intimate feeling with his audience through his pleasant and quirky observations about music and life. His warm and inviting personality, coupled with his world-class musicianship, wins over new listeners immediately and usually makes them life-long fans.
Education
Sullivan grew up in Boston and got his first professional training at the St. Paul Choir School in Cambridge with Theodore Marier and John Dunn. He went on to Phillips Exeter Academy and from there to Yale, where he received his BA in music in 1977. He also created and taught a course at Yale in Electronic Music.
He and his family live on the coast of Maine.
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This is Paul Sullivan's fourth release. His fresh piano style, with help from percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, helps us experience the natural beauty of Nights in the Gardens of Maine.
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lemonade kid
Old Love
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Posted - 18/05/2013 : 16:23:20
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Paul Sullivan ...
(Born 31 July 1955) is an American pianist and composer whose music blends jazz and classical styles. He has recorded 14 albums on the River Music label. He is also a member of the Paul Winter Consort and a regular composer for the Pilobolus Dance Theater. Sullivan's first major choral work, River, was premiered in 2010 by the Bagaduce Chorale of Blue Hill, Maine.
Sullivan was born and grew up in Boston. He attended St. Paul's Choir School from its founding in 1963 until 1969. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1973 and Yale University in 1977. Sullivan began playing jazz in New Haven, and moved to New York City in 1978 where he performed at Bradley's and other major jazz clubs. He had a variety of freelance jobs including playing for and conducting Broadway shows.
River Music
In 1988 Sullivan moved to Brooklin, Maine to write music. He and his wife, Jillson Knowles, founded the record company River Music. Sullivan’s early recordings are characterized by inspiration from nature and often include recorded natural sound effects. Several of Sullivan’s recordings have won national independent record awards. His music is broadcast on radio stations around the world.
Sullivan is co-creator of the performance piece A Terrible Beauty, which is based on The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens. The piece was performed in Maine and off-Broadway in New York City in 2010.
Sullivan's jazz ballad "Whisper" was a finalist in the 2009 International Songwriting Competition. The song was recorded by Theresa Thomason, who Sullivan regularly performs with.
In the 1990s Sullivan’s record label produced a line of books on tape which included White on White, a selection of E.B. White essays read by Joel White.
Writing
Sullivan is also known for his writing. In the spring of 1994 he attended the International Cello Festival in Manchester England with Eugene Friesen. Sullivan’s story about this event called “The Cellist of Sarajevo” was published in Hope Magazine, Readers Digest Magazine, The Book of Hope, Life Touched With Wonder: Windows of Hope and numerous blogs.[10]
Awards
Sullivan received a Grammy Award as a member of the Paul Winter Consort for the 2006 album Silver Solstice.[11] Sullivan also received two NAIRD Indie Awards. In 1992 he won in the category of Seasonal Music for Christmas in Maine and in 1997 he won in the category of Spoken Word for White on White.
Discography
* 1987: Sketches of Maine
* 1988: A Visit to the Rockies
* 1990: Folk Art
* 1991: Nights in the Gardens of Maine
* 1992: Christmas in Maine
* 1993: A Paul Sullivan Collection
* 1993: Wild Fox - book on tape
* 1995: Half Truths and Whole Lies - book on tape
* 1996: Circle ‘Round the Seasons
* 1996: White on White - book on tape
* 1996: 50’s Slow Dance
* 1997: More 50’s Slow Dances
* 1998: 60’s Sweet and Bittersweet
* 1998: Young at Heart
* 1999: Slow Sweet Swing
* 2002: Songs Without Words
* 2003: Yuletide
* 2005: Silver Solstice - Grammy Award winner
* 2007: Christmas in Maine - guest appearance
* 2007: My Irish Soul
* 2008: Break Away
* 2010: Amazing Music of Maine - guest appearance
* 2010: Painters, Poets and Players - guest appearance
* 2011: Christmas Pure and Simple - with Rosie Upton
* 2011: Paul & Theresa: Favorite Duos, Vol. 1 - with Theresa Thomason
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