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Lonnie Gasperini

Lonnie Gasperini a soulful jazz organist from the state of Rhode Island has recently moved to New York City where he continues to take his passion for organ jazz to another level. Part of his history includes opening for or performing with Artists such as Lou Rawls Hal Crook, Diamond Centofanti, Joe Lovano, Joe Lee Wilson, Percy Sledge, Dr. Lonnie Smith, George Benson, Melvin Sparks, Al Street, Ron Alif, Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Seleno Clarke, Nate Lucas, Rueben Wilson, Eddie Landsberg, Don Williams, Wynton Marsalis, Diane Reeves, Max Lucas, Herbie King, Harold Jones, Thurman Barker, Idris Mohammed,Herlin Riley, Lon Ivey, Tootsie Bean, Patience Higgins, Donald Harrison,Igmar Thomas, Jerry Weldon, Rick Britto, Sam Morrison, Greg Abate,Jim Rotondi, Peter Bernstein, Jim Robittaile, Wyton Marsalis, Chris Botti, Thurman Barker, Joe Farnsworth, Fukushi Tainaka, John Chiodini, Randy Caldwell, Billy Osborne, Lavern Sims, Semenya McCord, Juanita Dixon, Michelle Cruz, Renuad Penant, Taro Kamura, Masami Ishikawa, Pete Calo, Nat Harris, Joe Friedman, John Weber, Joe Ferguson, Pete Farmer, Jesse Jones, Bill Thompson, Arnie Cheatham, Art Hazard, Willie Love, Bill Lowe, Danny Draher, and many others. Lonnie Gasperini was born into a musical family and started out on the accordion at age 6 greatly influenced by his uncle Tulio Gasperini who was a master of the accordion and well known internationally

Live

Label: Rhythm Royale Records
Released: 2023

Lucas de Mulder, Towner Galaher and Anthony E. Nelson Jr: Organ Trios Redux

by Doug Collette
May 22, 2023

It's fair to say that the organ trio is one of the most durable instrumental concepts in the jazz milieu. It's equally reasonable to state it's one of the most malleable as well: apart from the indispensable Hammond B3 keyboard, accompanying sounds customarily come from a guitar or saxophone. Early practitioners of the concept such as ...

Towner Galaher Organ Trio: Live

by Pierre Giroux
April 26, 2023

There is a proverb which states “everything old is new again"; it seems perfectly applicable to the latest release by drummer Towner Galaher, Live, on which he gives a tip of the cap to the classic organ trios which were front and center in clubs and on records during the '50s and '60s. Supported by Lonnie ...

North Beach Blues

By Lonnie Gasperini

Label: Doodlin' Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Hola Muneca; Keep Talkin'; Can You Hear Me Now?; North Beach Blues; I've Never Been in Love Before; Easy For You to Pray; Easy For You to Pray (Reprise); Mama Wailer; You Sure Look Good to Me; The Doctor; If Only For One Night; One For McGriff.

Lonnie Gasperini Organ Trio: North Beach Blues

by Elliott Simon
March 17, 2008

The Hammond B3 was originally developed to replace pipe organs and luckily for B3 jazz trio lovers it caught on as a less expensive alternative for African- American churches. Its power chords and subtle note caresses, built-in bass pedals and funky sound when combined with a guitarist and drummer eventually spawned the soul jazz genre. From ...

Turn up the Gas

By Lonnie Gasperini

Label: Key Click Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Lonnie's Blues; Making Whoopie*; Just Friends; Sweet Georgia Brown*; Little Suede Shoes; Sissy Strut; Rhythm-a-Ning; You've Changed*; Lullaby of Birdland; Organic Manic; This Must be Love*; We'll Be Together Again

Lonnie Gasperini: Turn up the Gas

by Dave Nathan
January 1, 2002

Riding on the crest of a revival of interest in the Hammond B3 organ, Rhode Island native Lonnie Gasperini's Turn up the Gas emphasizes the jazz/soul/funk (with a bit of bop thrown in) qualities of the instrument while performing a musical program of standards and originals. Gasperini has performed with a large roster of top jazz ...