Paul Pace, Ronnie Scott's Tuesday 14 October

Few people know more about jazz than Paul Pace.

Ronnie Scott's has remained a constant in his lifelong love affair with jazz. He first visited the club to see the effortlessly swinging US tenor sax legend Zoot Sims in 1972. Since then, Paul has experienced countless astonishing performances at Ronnie's from the likes of Stephane Grappelli, Dizzy Gillespie, Bill Evans, Roland Kirk, Freddie Hubbard, Machito, Woody Shaw, Nina Simone, Stan Getz, Art Blakey, Buddy Rich, Horace Silver, Oscar Peterson, Anita O’Day and of course on many occasions the guv’nor himself Ronnie Scott – his jokes as well as his storming quintet.

Before joining the Ronnie’s music bookings team in 2009, Paul worked in architecture and illustration, but the pull of the music was so powerful that as a jazz fan and semi-pro singer he became more involved with live jazz promotion, particularly his longstanding residency at the Spice of Life, Soho (25 years). He also possesses extensive experience in specialist record retail (9 years at Ray’s Jazz), is an avid collector and unwavering champion of the music. In 2008 he received the All-Party Parliamentary Award for Services to Jazz.