Paul Kendall started on clarinet in the 4th grade in New York public school. When the 9th grade band director asked who would play baritone sax, he volunteered. Paul entered college as a baritone saxophonist, but added flute, tenor, and alto sax there. Shortly after college, he was a member of the big bands of Ken McIntyre and Charli Persip on baritone. He began leading jazz groups in venues including Birdland, The Angry Squire, and Cleopatra's Needle in Manhattan, on tenor saxophone. He has CD releases on the Zoho, Brownstone, Sea Breeze, and Cats Paw labels as a leader, as well as two recent self released jazz CDs.  As a sideman, he has appeared on jazz albums including latin jazz group Afro Dysia, The Tony Gairo/Gary Rismiller Big Band, and 3 CDs with the Skip Wilkins Quintet. He plays flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano, tenor, and baritone saxes on these dates.