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Paul Peress is a music producer, songwriter, bandleader, and drummer, based out of Los Angeles. Peress has been Music Director/Drummer for Chaka Khan, Brenda Russell, Moby, Deniece Williams, Regina Belle, Tom Scott, Stephen Bishop, and Phil Perry, and sideman with The B-52’s, Mary Wilson, and Guy Davis. The Paul Peress Project featuring his original compositions, has performed in over 20 countries, from Jamaica’s Jazz & Blues, to New York City’s Lincoln Center Out of Doors, to South Africa’s Joy of Jazz Festival. Peress is currently writing a fiction novel.