Paula Atherton comes to Blues Alley – July 23rd & 24th, 2 shows a night

New York based sax player/vocalist and songwriter Paula Atherton has shared the stage with such contemporary jazz notables as The Rippingtons, Nick Colionne, Chuck Loeb, Cindy Bradley, Brian Simpson, Four80East, David Sanborn, Bob James, Marc Antoine, Hiroshima, Gerald Albright and Chieli Minucci. Paula has also worked in the traditional jazz field; one of the notable performances being a week long engagement at the Blue Note NYC with pianist and jazz legend, Hank Jones. Paula also performed with Grammy award winning singer Dee Dee Bridgewater at the Annenberg Theater, for the Palm Springs Women’s Jazz Festival.

Some other tour dates include The Greater Hartford Jazz Festival, The Hot Smooth Jazz Festival in Madrid, Spain, Jazz in the Algarve, Portugal, Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival, Capital Jazz Fest and many more.

Paula has achieved 3 #1s on Mediabase and Billboard and 14 top 30 singles. She was Paula was nominated “Best Artist of the year” in 2020 by the Smooth Jazz Network, as well in 2023 and 2024.
Ms. Atherton has a catalog of 7 full releases, with the 8th on the way! She frequently gets played on Sirius XM Watercolors, and Music Choice TV, as well as on stations all over the US, and the world.