Paul Alster
Israel-based Broadcast Journalist
Twitter: paul_alster
Member of BAJ - British Association of Journalists
Israel-based Broadcast Journalist
Twitter: paul_alster
Member of BAJ - British Association of Journalists
Click below to hear excerpt from 'My Funny Valentine' (recorded 2008). Paul on tenor sax, other personnel as below.
There was a time when the only thing I ever planned to be was a jazz musician. I became a professional musician at the age of 10, playing the clarinet. Within a few years I added the alto and tenor saxophones to my collection and won a national cabaret entertainers' title in 1981, aged 14. There were many performances at venues around Britain, in cabaret, and in theatres, but then at 17 stage-fright took a hold of me, and that was the end of that!
Music soon gave way to a broadcasting/journalism career, but I returned to jazz during the late-1990's with my Tel Aviv-based band 'Jazz Me Blues'. (Much more fun as part of a group then being a soloist). Occasionally, when push comes to shove, I still perform at venues in Israel.
Music soon gave way to a broadcasting/journalism career, but I returned to jazz during the late-1990's with my Tel Aviv-based band 'Jazz Me Blues'. (Much more fun as part of a group then being a soloist). Occasionally, when push comes to shove, I still perform at venues in Israel.
Click above to hear 'Honeysuckle Rose' (rec. 2008) - Paul (clarinet), Geoff Menzer (guitar), and Oren Sagi (bass)
2006 - Paul in solo cabaret performance, Jewish International Performing Arts Festival, Leeds, England
