Hery Paz: Jazz Musician in New York

About Hery Paz

Hery Paz is a New York City–based jazz musician working in the free-jazz and improvised tradition. He appears at Bar Bayeux, including in Caleb Wheeler Curtis’s quintet alongside Emmanuel Michael, Michael Sarin, and Colson Jimenez. Paz moves comfortably in small-group settings where the material is shaped in real time, prioritizing listening and quick structural decisions over fixed arrangements. His playing favors directness over display, with an ear for the shifting dynamics of the room.