| Paul Giorsetto
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| An East Bay native, Paul began his professional music career at twelve in the 1960’s and actually found himself involved with the SF area Latin-rock group Sapo during their formative years in the early 70’s. From there, and continuing on for several years, Paul was one of the original "poodle dog" pit band in the hit musical revue Beach Blanket Babylon during its present run at Club Fugazi (now well into its third decade). Paul played the lead trumpet book in UC Berkeley's top Wednesday Band throughout his college career and had the privilege of backing up a number of jazz greats including Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Jon Hendricks, John Handy, Warren Gale, Hubert Laws, and George Duke while at Cal. More recently, Paul has worked with a number of local groups such as the Julio Bravo, GTS Band, Hear and Now, Contra Costa College Big Band, Latin Soul Project, and Richmond’s own Junius Courtney Big Band, and has worked with Barbara Morrison, Brenda Boykin, Denise Perrier, Clairedee, and John Santos. Paul's day job as an electrical engineer has taken him (literally) around the world. |