Paul Bollenback

Bollenback moved to India with his family when he was 11. After three years, the family returned to the U.S. and Bollenback began listening to rock music. He put down his nylon-string guitar and picked up an electric. He cites his discovery of Miles Davis as a pivotal moment in his life. He attended the University of Miami. In 1997, he began teaching at American University.^[1]

Discography

As leader

• Original Visions (Challenge, 1995)
• Double Gemini (Challenge, 1997)
• Soul Grooves (Challenge, 1999)
• Double Vision (Challenge, 2000)
• Dreams (Challenge, 2001)
• Alone and Tohether, with Andrei Kondakov (Boheme Music, 2002)
• Brightness of Being (Elefant Dreams, 2006)
• Invocation (Elefant Dreams, 2007)
• Portraits in Space and Time (Mayimba Music, 2014)

As sideman

With Joey DeFrancesco

• Part III (Columbia, 1991)
• Reboppin (Columbia, 1992)
• Live at the 5 Spot (Columbia, 1993)
• All About My Girl (Muse, 1994)
• The Street of Dreams (Big Mo, 1995)
• Incredible! (Concord Jazz, 2000)
• The Champ Round 2 (HighNote, 2000)
• The Philadelphia Connection (HighNote, 2002)
• Ballads and Blues (Concord, 2002)
• Snapshot (HighNote, 2009)
• Never Can Say Goodbye (HighNote, 2010)

With Jim Snidero

• Tippin' (Savant, 2007)
• Crossfire (Savant, 2009)
• Interface (Savant, 2011)
• Stream of Consciousness (Savant, 2013)

With Gary Thomas

• Seventh Quadrant (Enja, 1987)
• Code Violations (Enja, 1988)
• The Kold Kage (JMT, 1991)
• Exile's Gate (JMT, 1993)
• Winter & Winter
  , 1997)