Paul Tynan

Jake hanlon and I will be bringing our duo to Jazzmandu, in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Check out this amazingly groovy festival here! 

My latest recording, quARTet is released today on Origin records 

I’ve always enjoyed the relationship between image and sound. In 2015 I began collaborating with some of my favorite artists – many of whom I had personal and/or professional relationships prior to beginning this project – this made it quite personal to me. The process was quite simple. I requested each artist to submit one of their pieces so I could create a newly composed musical work inspired by their art. I printed the work and as I sat with the piece I listened to what manifested in my head. Then I transcribed what I was hearing – on a few occasions I did not feel the first music created represented the image. I saved the piece and went back to the drawing board and listened again. Finally, I fell that I was able to capture the sound in time the image inspired me. Maybe it was already there and I just captured it.

The result is quARTet.

Very excited to announce a new project I’ve been spending some time on recently. It’s a new band that’s composed of musicians based in the Netherlands and Canada called dual chromatic.

We have a new recording coming out in the next few weeks and a potential tour also coming up in the spring – i’ll have more details on that as it gets a little closer!

Keep your ears and eyes open for Paul Tynan new recording “quARTet” on Origin records. A collaboration with six visual artists, Paul created six new musical compositions based on their work.

Exciting news: Bicoastal Collective WON the ECMA award for Jazz Album of the year. The European tour with drum wizard Greg Smith has also resulted in a live recording too – details coming soon!

Just received word that Bicoastal Collective: Chapter 5 was nominated for two East Coast Music Association Awards; Jazz Recording of the Year and Instrumental Recording of the Year.  The awards will be presented in May 2018 at the ECMA 2018 conference in Halifax.

There has not been too much traveling this fall (Ive been really busy teaching mostly), but looks like the road will be calling again.  I have some gigs coming up in Banff, and Ottawa and I’ll be heading back to Europe to make some music in Germany, The Netherlands, and Ireland this coming May. As those dates get locked down I’ll add them to my events.  I’ve been also working on a new quartet project that’ll hopefully be ready for release this summer. YAY!

Bicoastal Collective: Chapter 5 is released today on OA2 records. Aaron Lington and I have put a lot into this project. I hope you get a chance to check it out! It’s a full big band album and we pulled out all the stops on it. You can check out some sound clips and order it HERE.

After an extremely successful pre-sale/crowd funding event BC5 will be launched with a fury that no other BC chapter has seen.  I am proud to announce that BC5 will be released May 19.  There is a fantastic press release up at Jazz Corner  for you to dig into.

Happy happy joy joy! 

After a super busy summer it was nice to take a bit of a break from traveling so much this fall. This summer found me in LA, Dallas, Chicago, Buffalo, Halifax, among other places. Aside from playing on the St. FX Visiting Artist Concert series  (which included Lage Lund and Linda Oh this year) it was a welcomely slow fall.  I’ll be back at it soon with hits in St. John’s (Newfoundland), Charlottetown (PEI), Potsdam (NY), and playing locally. Local concerts included a juicy gig with one of my favorite drummers and musicians, Matt Wilson (also part of the St. FX Visiting Artist series).

New project/releases coming soon include BiCoastal Collective: Chapter Five, Project quARTet, and new releases by Josh and Jake Hanlon and I make a guest appearance on Michelle Hanlon new singer/songwriter project. None of these have a release date yet, buy they are all in the can!  Yay for music, and who knows maybe it’s time for a gig on alto. 😉