Paul Nash (musician)

A native of the Bronx in New York City, Nash belonged to rock bands in his teens.^[1][2] He turned to jazz after attending a festival in 1968 which featured Sunny Murray and Archie Shepp.^[3] He received degrees from Berklee College of Music in Boston and Mills College in San Francisco.^[1][2] He started the Paul Nash Ensemble with Eddie Marshall and Mark Isham.^[1] Revelation released the band's first album, A Jazz Composer's Ensemble, in 1979.^[1] During the 1980s he started the Bay Area Jazz Composers Orchestra and in 1990 the Manhattan New Music Project.^[1] He died from a brain tumor in 2005.^[1][2]

• A Jazz Composer's Ensemble (Revelation, 1979)
• Second Impression (Soul Note, 1985)
• Night Language (Musical Heritage Society, 1987)
• Mood Swing (Soul Note, 1993)
• The Soul of Grace (Soul Note, 2000)