For those not in the know, Paul Hannah has been playing professionally since the age of sixteen. Growing up in Las Vegas, NV, he had the honor of learning his craft from the legendary drummers and percussionists of Vegas – Jerry Gilgor, Tommy Check, Leo Camera, Roger Rampton, Walfredo de los Reyes, Mark Barnett, John Abraham, Howard Agster and others.

Later attending the New England Conservatory of Music as a student of Vic Firth and attaining the Artist’s Diploma from the Hartt School of Music and Alexander Lepak, Paul also studied drums with Alan Dawson and master NYC session percussionist Dave Carey.

Immediately after graduating from Hartt, Paul began touring with Broadway show tours of Sondhiem’s “Into the Woods” closely followed by Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "Cats”. He freelanced for years in CT and NY and performed for every type of gig there is – from symphonic percussion to small group and big band jazz, bar bands, club dates, pops concerts, rock and roll, country, funk/R&B/blues as both drummer and percussionist.

For the last twenty years, he has worked primarily as a drummer/percussionist for Broadway touring productions all over the USA, Canada, Japan and China.

Highlights include “West Side Story” in Tokyo, “Jesus Christ Superstar” with Ted Neeley and Corey Glover, “Wicked”, “An American in Paris” and “Spamalot”. Paul also records with his jazz trio, fusion band, solo percussion works, various Neo-Soul/R&B projects and his own big band.

His brand new album is entitled Last Train Home and is a beautiful trio album featuring his long time musical brothers, Sam Kurzontkowski on bass and Grant Osborne on piano and chromatic harmonica.

The interplay and creative ideas are strong and unique. You can tell where they come from and they all sound like themselves. If you like beautifully played and crafted improvisational music and look for unique and talented musicians to be creating it, look no further than here on Last Train Home.

1. Blackbird
2. Close Enough For Love
3. Chega de Saudade
4. Goin’ Home
5. Liberty City
6. Little Waltz
7. Last Train Home
8. Lawns
9. Old Folks

The Atlanta-based percussive artist/drummer/percussionist/composer/arranger/producer opens his incredible new set on the emotively pleasing Blackbird and the sparkling Close Enough For Love and then we are brought forth the dulcet, harmonica-driven fare of Chega de Saudade and the gently impassioned elegance of Goin’ Home.

Along next is the upbeat and celebratory feel to Liberty City and that is in turn backed seamlessly by the low slung foot-tapping, finger-snapping rhythms of Little Waltz, the soft shuffle of Last Train Home, the recording rounding out on the all-embracing Lawns, coming to close on the soft dancefloor swirls and twirls within the most gracious of moods found in Old Folks

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