Paul Gavin

A tribute to the the Hard Bop genre of Jazz

Drummer, teacher, composer and arranger, Paul Gavin has featured arrangements from the music of Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, Cannonball & Nat Adderley, Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and more. 

He has played regularly with great musicians in the Tampa bay area including trumpet player James Suggs, singer Gloria West, and bassist Michael Ross.

In addition to the Gulf Coast Jazz Collective and Lake Wales Jazz Connection, Paul leads two other bands. The Vanguard plays his original music and Mosaic plays the music of Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers. 

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