Paul Anselmo

Multitalented Paul Anselmo has been active on both coasts as a freelance composer, instrumentalist, producer and recording engineer. In addition to many club appearances he has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Anselmo has recorded commercials, film scores, singles and albums with a variety of artists including Bob Thompson, Tom Manoff, Phil Baker, Omar Clay, Janine Otis, Stanton Davis, Carleton Jackson and the Uptown Horn Band, and has worked for such companies as T.J. Valentino, New York West Productions, Spiritwind Records, and DSM Productions . He also played on and produced the remake of Sid Proson's "Till I Waltz Again."

Also a teacher and educator, Anselmo taught for many years at The Third Street Music Settlement where he helped develop an innovative program in popular music. As an off-shoot of this work, he was the primary guitarist and percussionist for W.W. Norton's educational package, "The Music Kit." He has also taught at Boy's Harbor and the Founier and Greco Performing Arts Center. Currently Anselmo maintains a private recording studio where he records his own work. He plays all the instruments on this CD.