Los Angeles-based pianist and composer Paul Cornish strives to inspire freedom and collaboration in his music and community.

Hailing from Houston where he was a student at the prestigious High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Cornish was one of seven jazz prodigies worldwide selected to be awarded a full fellowship to attend the esteemed Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz at UCLA where he completed his Master’s degree.

Cornish was recently a finalist in the 2023 American Pianists Awards and the Herbie Hancock International Jazz Piano Competition.

In 2021, received 18th Street Arts Center’s (Los Angeles) Make Jazz Fellowship and was commissioned by the Apollo Chambers to write a piece for string quartet and two voices commemorating the centennial celebration of Houston’s Library System.

Cornish has performed extensively across the globe with such notable artists as Joshua Redman, Louis Cole, Mark Guiliana, HAIM, Snoh Aalegra, Terrace Martin, Kanye West, and many more.

Paul’s debut album will be released in the summer of 2025 on Blue Note Records.