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Sean Gough is a pianist based in New Jersey, USA. He has long been active as a freelancing jazz musician, as a founding member of several jazz groups, as a solo recitalist in jazz and classical settings, and as an accompanist for a variety of instrumentalists, vocalists, ensembles, and composer-performers. Sean appears most frequently with Go Trio, and besides ongoing freelancing, he also performs and records with Ojespa Jazz Project, The Jack Furlong Quartet, saxophonist Greg Martin, and singers Jeannie Brooks and Viktorija Gecyte. Sean is a graduate of Rutgers University's M.A. program in Jazz History and Research, and of Lafayette College (B.A. music and history). SeanGough.Org
GENE PERLA
At age five Gene Perla began classical piano. While studying engineering & business he heard pianist Bill Evans, prompting his return to music. At 24, upon hearing Charlie Haden, he switched to bass. His first major gig was the Willie Bobo Sextet, which included Carlos "Patato" Valdes the famed Cuban conguero. Other gigs included Nina Simone, Woody Herman, Sarah Vaughan, Elvin Jones, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and Sonny Rollins. Gene then entered audio school, studio worked with Todd Rundgren, founded P.M. Records and established recording facilities. Currently teaching at Lehigh U. & The New School for Jazz & Contemporary Music, his credits include Broadway theatrical sound design and Internet design and hosting. Perla.Org
DOUG HIRLINGER
Human Being Doug Hirlinger plays drums, cymbals, and at times other instruments in many settings and contexts. He also composes music using various techniques, producing various results, using any and all tools available. Doug enjoys a steady schedule of performing, composing, and teaching, and does so throughout the US and Europe. Originally from Missouri, Doug currently resides in a New York City apartment. Doug has had the privilege to play with many great and talented individuals including Ben Gerstein, Matt Mitchell, John Swana, Tim Motzer, Tarus Mateen, Jason Moran, Luis Perdomo, Peter Bernstein, Gerald Veasley, Grant Stewart, Eric Alexander, Seamus Blake, Wayne Escoffery, and Phil Harper. Doug graduated from Manhattan School of Music in 1998. Current projects include Waveform Razorback with Matt Mitchell, Dan Scofield, and John Swana, which performs Doug's compositions, and a collective trio with Ben Gerstein and Matt Mitchell. Doug is also creator and director of the monthly online composers collective at musiccreative.org.
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Jazz Across The Generations: The Marel Hidalgo Organ Trio Featuring Roger Humphries And Leonieke Scheuble at Clements Place Jazz on August 15, 2025
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Gregory Burrus
Step into a night of soulful swing and timeless artistry as the Marel Hidalgo Organ Trio commands the stage at Clements Place Jazz, one of the area's most beloved intimate venues. This powerful performance showcases three exceptional musicians spanning generations, delivering a concert that is both historical and fresh Leading the ensemble is 16-year-old Marel Hidalgo, a guitar prodigy whose command of the instrument belies his age. Joining him is the iconic Roger Humphries, age 81, whose legendary rhythms have ...
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The Gilmore Releases Exclusive Concert Video Of Mehldau-McBride-Gilmore Trio on July 8, 2025
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AMT Public Relations
Available on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. EST via YouTube Dr. Pierre van der Westhuizen, Executive and Artistic Director of The Gilmore, announced today the premiere video release of a recent concert by three Grammy-winning jazz artists: acclaimed pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist extraordinaire Christian McBride, and increasingly renowned drummer Marcus Gilmore. Performed before a sold-out audience at The Gilmore in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on April 13, 2025, the powerhouse trio shared the stage for an 80-minute set stocked with ...
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Mikkel Ploug Reunites With His Original Trio To Release 'Hope' On Songlines Recordings
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GoMedia PR
Danish guitarist-composer Mikkel Ploug has had a long association with Songlines. The first of three recordings by the avant chamber-jazz trio Equilibrium, which he co-leads with Sissel Vera Pettersen and Joachim Badenhorst, appeared in 2009, and those were followed by two solo acoustic guitar titles, Alleviation (2017) and Day in the Sun (2022). Hope is the latest record by his very first jazz group, formed in 2006 with Danish bassist Jeppe Skovbakke and Irish drummer Sean Carpio. Recorded in studio ...
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PK Music Proudly Presents Christos Yerolatsitis’s Debut Piano Trio Album 'Daydreaming'
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Christos Yerolatsitis
PK Music announces the upcoming release of Daydreaming, the debut piano trio album from Cypriot pianist and composer Christos Yerolatsitis. Officially hitting platforms on March 14, 2025, this deeply personal collection showcases Yerolatsitis’s singular voice, blending modern jazz with the vibrant hues of his Mediterranean roots. Having previously worked with world-renowned musicians such as Erik Truffaz, Ranjit Barot, and Masa Kamaguchi, Yerolatsitis now brings his own compositions to the forefront. He joins forces with Greek double bassist Grigoris Theodoridis and ...
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Backgrounder: Herbie Nichols Trio - Master Takes
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Pianist Herbie Nichols has long been considered a Thelonious Monk disciple. In truth, Nichols had his own modernist bag that combined bebop's jagged attack and Dixieland's hard syncopation. A fascinating artist who was largely ignored during his lifetime (1919-1963), Nichols is perhaps best known for penning the jazz standard Lady Sings the Blues. Nichols began recording as a leader in 1955 after begging Blue Note's Alfred Lion to capture him in the studio. On his first albums, The Prophetic Herbie ...
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Backgrounder: Horace Silver Trio (1952)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Looking back, we can say now that Horace Silver was way ahead of his time. The pianist not only invented hard bop piano but also funk. All in 1952, two years after being discovered by tenor saxophonist Stan Getz in Hartford, Ct. Silver's first album was a 10-inch LP recorded for Blue Note in October 1952. The recording—New Faces New Sounds (Introducing the Horace Silver Trio)—is astonishing in that Silver unleashed an entirely new approach on the piano that fused ...
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Sol Roots Trio Perform At The Room At Cedar Grove on November 9, 2024
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9th Floor Music
On Saturday November 9, world class guitarist and vocalist Sol Roots brings a trio to perform at the intimate concert hall and supper club, The Room at Cedar Grove, which is located on Delaware's scenic coast. Sol Roots performs an award-winning blend of New Orleans influenced funk, deep blues, heartfelt jazz and soul, and energetic rock. Known for his ferocious guitar skills and soulful vocals, Sol has toured around the world with many musical legends. Sol has spent most of ...
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Drummer-composer Devin Gray Presents Melt All The Guns II, The Second Release By His Melt All The Guns Trio, Featuring Trumpet Ace Ralph Alessi And French Pianist Myslaure Augustin
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Devin Gray
Drummer-Composer Devin Gray Presents Melt All the Guns II, the Second Release by his Melt All the Guns Trio, Featuring Trumpet Ace Ralph Alessi and, New to the Band, French Pianist Myslaure Augustin Melt All the Guns II—to be released digitally and on CD via Gray’s Rataplan Records on October 4, 2024—features 11 rhythmically intricate, melodically charged compositions by the drummer-leader, brought to vivid life by this trio of top-flight improvisers Gray, Alessi & Augustin will perform material from Melt ...
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Announcing August 2024 Concert Schedule Including The Fred Hersch Trio, Johnathan Blake Quintet, And More At World-renowned Smoke Jazz Club
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AMT Public Relations
Entering its second quarter century as committed as ever to pure jazz (All About Jazz),” SMOKE Jazz Club continues its 25th anniversary season with another month of today’s leading artists in jazz. For the first time in the club’s history, the multi-GRAMMY-nominated pianist Fred Hersch performs on the SMOKE Stage. He is joined by his trio (Alexander Claffy and Jochen Rueckert) which The Wall Street Journal calls “one of the major ensembles of our time.” Johnathan Blake returns for five ...
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9 Horses Trio Releases String-centric 'Strum' Featuring Sara Caswell, Joe Brent, Andrew Ryan And More
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AMT Public Relations
One of the most influential and admired ensembles in progressive jazz and improvised music, the primarily plucked and bowed string instruments of 9 Horses returns with Strum, its most extraordinary collection yet. Bursting at the seams with creativity and virtuosity, this 67-minute instrumental epic serves as the antithesis to today’s augmentation of A.I.-generated music. Alongside the string trio as the ensemble’s core, STRUM also features 25 of the world’s leading instrumentalists performing eight tunes prominently showcasing acoustic, organic human-made sounds. ...
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They may stick close to the original chords of the song, or slip far from the melody and just keep the bar-by-bar rhythm. Another night they might change the tempo. ''It's not 'free' in terms of avant-garde,'' says bassist Gene Perla. ''It's reacting and complementing each other.''
Perla was exploring his new neighborhood in September 2007 when he noticed The Cosmic Cup coffee shop of Easton's College Hill. He asked to sit in during a Wednesday night jam session that included pianist Sean Gough.
