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Career. From 1983 to 2007 Shapiro recorded eight albums, toured, and frequently played tenor saxophone in New York City with the Microscopic Septet. [1] In 1994 Shapiro co-founded a musical collective with American record producer Arthur Baker called Brooklyn Funk Essentials. [2] In 2014, the Wall Street Journal's music critic Will Friedwald ...
Paul Shapiro’s Ribs & Brisket Plays the Music of Mrs. Maisel. Featuring Cilla Owens and Eleanor Reissa. Jerry Korman, Dave Hofstra snd Tony Lewis
Jan 8, 2015 · Paul Shapiro, saxophonist, flautist, composer and bandleader, has been active in New York 's creative music scene for over two decades. Throughout the eighties he led his own avant-funk band Foreign Legion, which was featured on Emergency Records' compilation "This Is The Funk." Paul was a longtime member of Philip Johnston's Microscopic Septet ...
“Paul Shapiro’s Midnight Minyan could well stand as one of the supreme achievements of creative, modern Jewish jazz.” Seth Rogovoy Berkshire Jewish Voice “Shapiro leads an outstanding sextet through some Jewish classics. Incorporating klezmer and Oriental modes, Shapiro’s approach is still surprisingly modern and quite swinging.
Joining bandleader Shapiro, who handles the tenor saxophone duties, is an all-star lineup of downtown jazzmen, including fellow tenor Peter Apfelbaum, pianist Brian Mitchell, bassist Booker King, drummer Tony Lewis, and trumpeter Steven Bernstein, who, like Shapiro, has been mining traditional Jewish music for about a decade and coming up with some remarkable juxtapositions.
Paul Shapiro, a composer, saxophone player, and bandleader, has been a part of the New York City music scene ever since the 1980s. Shapiro was born and raised in Long Island, Westbury, NY. He graduated from Westbury High School and then moved to Montreal, Canada where he studied at McGill University.
Paul Shapiro is a saxophone and flute player, composer, and bandleader who has been on the New York City music scene since the 1980s. Born and raised on Long Island in Westbury, NY, Shapiro graduated from public school and moved to Montreal, Canada, studying at the renowned McGill University, receiving his B.F.A. Returning to the metropolitan New York City area, he led the progressive funk band Foreign Legion, followed by a stint with the Microscopic Septet, replacing John Hagen after their ...
