Paul Nash

Paul Nash (February 19, 1948 – January 20, 2005) was an American jazz guitarist and composer.

Nash was born in New York City. He initially played in rock bands as a teenager, but turned to jazz after attending a festival in 1968 which featured Sunny Murray and Archie Shepp. He attended Berklee College of Music and then Mills College in San Francisco, where he founded his own ensemble, recorded for Revelation Records, and helped found the Bay Area Jazz Composers Orchestra. He returned to New York in the 1980s and founded the Manhattan New Music Project. He also worked with the city, planning performances of jazz ensembles in public parks. He composed for jazz and traditional art music ensembles, and recorded many of his own works; his sidemen on recordings include Tom Harrell, Mark Isham, Art Lande, David Samuels, and Jack Walrath. He died, aged 56, in his home city of New York.