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Paul Paternoster, Tenor Saxophone
While a senior at college he became active in the jazz/pit bands at the Boston Conservatory of Music. He also gained a partial scholarship through the Berklee School Of Music to study jazz with saxophonist and recording artist Jerry Bergonzi. After graduating with a B.S.E.E. in 1988 from MIT, Paul worked in the Boston area for five years with Digital Equipment Corp. While there he played in numerous bands — before moving to California in 1993. In the Bay Area, he studied jazz theory with Michael Smolens and played with many groups, including the College of San Mateo Jazz Ensemble, Cañada College, String Of Pearls, The Russ Button Swing Orchestra, The Usual Suspects, The Serenaders, The Foster City Big Band, The Unicorns, A Touch Of Brass and, of course, Full Spectrum Jazz. Paul has worked as an electrical engineer mainly doing ASIC design and product engineering for consumer electronics products. He is currently employed at Microsoft where he has worked on UltimateTV, Xbox, Kinect, Xbox360, Xbox One, Xbox One X, and Hololens. Paul, and his wife Denise, along with their black Labrador retriever, Odette, live in Los Altos. They enjoy swimming, Pilates, attending San José Sharks games, and watching British crime series on TV.
You can send email to: Paul Paternoster
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Paul has been playing musical instruments since elementary school (saxophone, clarinet, bassoon, flute). In high school (East Islip, NY) he was active in the marching band, concert band, orchestra, pit bands for musicals, as well as his favorite band, the Jazz Ensemble. In college he played with the MIT Concert Jazz Band where former Woody Herman band trumpeter Everett Longstreth directed and gave him a chance to exercise his chops as a soloist.