Member Since: 12/21/2005
Band Website: paulahlstrand.com
Band Members: On my recording and most quartet gigs under my own leadership:
Ryan Claunch - piano, Jesse Williams - bass, Dave Mattacks - drums.
The Tim Gearan Band consists of: Tim Gearan - guitar and vocals, Sean Staples - mandolin and vocals, Scott Aruda - trumpet and vocals, me - tenor sax, Lou Ulrich - bass, Chris Anzalone - percussion, and Andy Plaisted - drums.
The Giant Kings include: Chris Cote - vocals, myself - tenor sax and flute, Mark Early - baritone sax, Duke Levine - guitar, Kevin Barry - lap steel and guitar, Marty Ballou - bass, and Andy Plaisted - drums
Jordan Valentine and The Sunday Saints: Jordan Valentine - Lead Vocals; Dennis McCarthy - Drums; Dave Lewis - Guitar; Mirek Kocandrle - Bass; Andrew Malone - Keys; Paul Tomashefsky - Trumpet; Paul Ahlstrand - Tenor Sax; Luke Gosselin - Tenor Sax
As a side man I have performed and/or recorded with:
Alto Reform School, Little Anthony and the Locomotives, Larry Banilow, Bees Deluxe, Jim Belushi, Bleu, Bombay Jim and the Swinging Saphires, Bourbon Princess, Asa Brebner, Dennis Brennan, Nick Brignola, Bart Bryant, Deborah Henson-Conant, John Cremona, The Cuban Jazz Project, Jesse Dee, Deke Dickerson, DJ Baked Potato, Dragonfly, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, The Family Jewels, Chris Fitz, Eddie Floyd, The Four Tops, The Funk Brothers, Gato Malo, Tim Gearan, The Giant Kings, Louise Grasmere, Giovanni Gonzalez, Otis Grand, Hollis Greene, Guitarzan, Betty Harris, The Hot Tamale Brass Band, James Houlahan, The Jimmy James Gang, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, David Johnston, William Hut, Bill Janovitz and Crown Victoria, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Jen Kearney and The Lost Onion, Trisha Kelly, The Knot, Shirley Lewis, The Love Dogs, Chris Mann, The Marsels, Steve Mayone, Mighty Sam McClain, Danielle Miraglia, Mojo Slim, Al Monte, Jen Murzda, Nicole Nelson, Carol Noonan, No Static, Rebecca Parris, Jedidiah Parrish, The Part Time Lovers, Anthony Petraglia and The Rag Man Son Revue, Paulo Perez, Peter Prince, Progzilla, The Dave Rasmussen Jazz Orchestra, The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Annie Royer, The Rudds, Son Seals, The Shout Abouts, The Silver Lining, The Singhs, Melvin Sparks, Anita Suhanin, The Soul Band, Howard Tate, Susan Tedeschi, Brian Templeton, The Temptations, Jordan Valentine and The Sunday Saints, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Voodoo Krewe, The Waitiki Esquival Orchestrotica, Toni Lynn Washington, Mike Welch, Barrence Whitfield and the Savages, Mike Williams, Woodpile, Mitch Woods and the Rocket 88s, Phil Woods, World's Greatest Sinners, and many others.
Influences: Cannonball Adderly, Gene Ammons, Beer, Tina Brooks, Ray Charles, Pete Christlieb, George Coleman, John Coltrane, Hank Crawford, King Curtis, Stan Getz, Benny Golson, Dexter Gordon, Steve Grossman, Coleman Hawkins, Joe Henderson, Johnny Hodges, Bobby Keyes, Lee Konitz, Willis Jackson, Illinois Jacquet, Yusef Lateef, Joe Lovano, Warne Marsh, Hank Mobley, James Moody, Fathead Newman, Charlie Parker, Maceo Parker, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Zoot Sims, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Stitt, Stanley Turrentine, Ben Webster, Lester Young.
Record Label: Gibraltar
Type of Label: Indie