|
Paul Navidad is an award-winning saxophonist,
pianist, composer, and arranger. A native Southern Californian, Paul has amassed
a wealth of credits as a musician, vocalist, radio personality, voice-over
artist, and actor.
From 1980 to 1985, he was a member of the internationally-acclaimed All-American
Boys Chorus with whom he toured the western
United States
and
Canada
four consecutive years. He is also a featured vocal soloist on the
Chorus' first Christmas album, A Little Christmas Magic.
While still in junior high school, Paul began composing and arranging. Deciding
to concentrate on instrumental pursuits, he went on to minor in music at the
University
of
California
,
Irvine
and later received his Master of Music Degree with a concentration in
Saxophone Performance/Jazz Studies from
California
State
University
,
Long Beach
. He has received additonal private training under the tutelage of John
Barcellona, H. David Caffey, Buddy Collette,
Richard
Dastrup, Tom Kubis, Eric Marienthal, James Newton, Leo Potts, John
Prince, Dan St. Marseille, and Walt Weiskopf.
In January of 1997, Paul was honored by Rico International with one of only
three full scholarships to West Coast Jazz Saxophone Conclave I. There he had
the opportunity to attend masterclasses by Pete Christlieb, Buddy Collette,
Bruce Eskovitz, Brandon Fields, Charles Lloyd, Dr. Thom Mason, Kim Richmond, and
Herman Riley. In April of 1997, Paul had the distinct honor of being the
featured soprano saxophone soloist with the American Jazz Philharmonic, under
the direction of Jack Elliott, in their performance of Alan Broadbent's
Conversation Piece. He later received an outstanding soloist citation from the
International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) and was inducted into the
national music honor society of Pi Kappa Lambda. In January of 1998, Paul was
again honored with a scholarship to West Coast Jazz Saxophone Conclave II.
Currently in demand as a performer and writer, Paul has performed with, recorded
with, and written for many notables including American Jazz Philharmonic, Larry
Antonino, Harry Babbitt, George Benson, Shelly Berg, Oscar Brashear, Alan
Broadbent, Mauro Bruno, Max Carl, Billy Childs, Pete Christlieb, Buddy Collette,
Steve Crum, Melvin Davis, Diana DeGarmo, Illeana Douglas, The Drifters, Tony
Dumas, Teddy Edwards, Jack Elliott, Dewey Erney, Ron Eschete, Bruce Eskovitz,
Mike Fahn, Perry Farrell, Wilton Felder, Sherman Ferguson, Brandon Fields,
Tennessee Ernie Ford, Karen Gallinger, Tony Guererro, Deborah Harry, Isaac
Hayes, Stephanie Haynes, Al Jarreau, Jane Kaczmarek, Jeff Kashiwa, Dave Koz, Tom
Kubis, Roberta Linn, Joe Locke, Lisa Loeb, Joe Mantegna, Eric Marienthal,
Richard
Markowitz, Andy Martin, Mark Massey, Liew Matthews, Dee Dee McNeil, Don
Menza, Rob Mullins, James Newton, Gary Oldman, Jerry Paul, Ralph Penland, Tom
Ranier, Lou Rawls, Della Reese, Kim Richmond, Herman Riley, Dennis Rodman, Dan
St. Marseille, Carl Saunders, Bud Shank, Jack Sheldon, Bob Sheppard, Bobby Shew,
The Shirelles,
Richard
Simon, Speak Easy Spies, Dodi Stevens, Kim Stone, Ron Stout,
Richard
Street, Greg Vail, Bill Watrous, Ernie Watts, Doug Webb, George Wendt,
Bobby White, Bradley Whitford, Albert Wing, Jack Wood, and George Wyle.
Paul's television appearances include locally 2 with You, PM Magazine, The Marta
Lee Show, Soundtracs, and the KTLA Morning News, as well as nationally on The
Hour of Power, Epcot's
America
,
America
, and in a commercial for CBS' The Wizard. In August of 1995, he
received critical acclaim for his saxophone work in the West Coast premiere of
Carole King's Tapestry.
Paul has performed at such noted
Los Angeles
jazz clubs as The Atlas Bar & Grill, Catalina Bar & Grill, Kikuya,
Lunaria, Randell's, Rocco, Steamer's, Studio Cafe, as well as Jazz on Top in
Osaka
,
Japan
, and the world-famous Blue Note in
New York City
. He has also performed at a number of Southern California concert
venues including Club Caprice (formerly the
Strand
), the Galaxy Theater, the Thornton Winery, and the Ventura Theater.
At present, Paul leads his own big band, jazz quartet, and fusion band (the Slaw
Dawgz), as well as playing in many other local groups. Since 2000, he has been a
member of the faculty of
Orange
Coast
College
in
Costa Mesa
,
California
, where he teaches music theory and directs the jazz ensembles. He was
recently appointed the college's full-time Director of Jazz and Commercial
Studies. Paul's recording credits of note include Lou Rawls' final album Lou
Rawls: Christmas, Buena Vista Records' A World of Happiness, the soundtrack to
NBC's emmy-nominated sitcom Friends, the Playboy Channel's Stripsearch:
Minneapolis
, and the soundtrack to the feature film The 100 Mile Rule. Upcoming
projects include CD's by rock and R&B band UnTamed World, singer/songwriter Nick
d'Egidio, as well as his own solo project.
"A spin around King's songbook
affords musicians quite a gamut of pop styles, with diverse
standards such as 'Jazzman,' which gets a nice solo from sax player
Paul Navidad."
-Jeff Rubio, The Orange
County
Register
Check out our band information on your
top right
For booking information and pricing, call Mark Wood Entertainment
in Southern California at
949.748.6850 |
|
