Results for "Tony Monaco Trio"

Hammonds Abound: Koppel Blade Koppel and The Bobby Broom Organ-isation

by Doug Collette
June 11, 2024

Is there an organ trio revival underway in the jazz universe? Boston has bequeathed the Tim Carman Organ Trio, while western New York state has bestowed Organ Fairchild upon us. Meanwhile, the Tony Monaco Trio continues to wend its way along the golden road of seemingly unlimited devotion. Now, guitarist Bobby Broom has deigned to revisit ...

Tony Monaco Trio: Over and Over

by Pierre Giroux
March 28, 2024

Tony Monaco's latest album Over and Over is a journey into the world of jazz funk propelled by the timeless Hammond B-3 organ. With Monaco at the helm and accompanied by guitarist Zakk Jones and drummer Reggie Jackson, this trio embarks on a program of seven Monaco originals that are both compelling and undeniably funky.

Tony Monaco Trio: Over and Over

by Nicholas F. Mondello
March 10, 2024

B-3. The organ model resonates with jazz fans as something musically profound which fundamentally hits in the soul. Perhaps it is the Gospel and church roots or the list of greats in the jazz organ pantheon--Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Shirley Scott, et al. Now that Joey DeFrancesco has left us, there is a ...

Greg Fundis

Born: September 25, 1977

Greg Fundis is an American drummer based in Chicago IL with a career in music performance, recording and education spanning over three decades.  Fundis’ jazz group, the Greg Fundis Quintet appeared at the 2025 Chicago Jazz Festival. Most recently, Greg Fundis placed in the top 20 out of 10,000 drummers in a worldwide drumming competition receiving an honorable mention from Grammy-nominated band Primus.  He is a founding member of 56 Hope Road, an award-winning acoustic funk band who independently produced four full length albums and performed over 1500 live shows nationwide. Fundis is a frequent collaborator with Blue Note Records artist Fareed Haque playing drums on 7 of his albums as well as touring throughout the US and abroad

Midnight Special

Featuring the music of Tony Monaco Trio
Duration: 9:39
August 31, 2006

Tony Monaco Trio: Fiery Blues

by C. Michael Bailey
October 26, 2004

Tony Monaco has grown into a durable and intelligent purveyor of organ jazz. With the release of Fiery Blues, Mr. Monaco may now be considered in the same company and Jimmy Smith, John Patton, Jack McDuff, Shirley Scott, and Larry Young. While closer to Smith than Young in overall philosophy, Monaco does not shy away from ...

Intimately Live at the 501

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Released: 2002
Track listing: The Cat Takin

Let

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Released: 2002
Track listing: Friday Night At The Cadillac Club; Once I Had A Secret Love; Superstitious; Da Blues; Yardbird Suite; Cherokee; Minor Chant; All The Things You Are; Samba De Orfeo; One Step Ahead. (Total Time: 71:24).

Tony Monaco: Intimately Live at the 5:01

by Charlie B. Dahan
November 1, 2002

Live albums are not for the faint of heart. They often feature musicians playing up to the audience with the knowledge that what they are doing will be on CD for the ages so they play every note and riff they know. Others contain performances that are disappointing, as you realize that the real magic exists ...

Tony Monaco Trio: Let

by C. Michael Bailey
September 1, 2002

The return of the Organ-Guitar-Drums Trio... To Date, Columbus, Ohio organist Tony Monaco has had three well received releases on Summit records: Burnin’ Grooves ; Master Chops T , and Intimately Live at the 5:01. But before all of these, Monaco recorded and a self-produced a collection of Be Bop and Post Bop classics. Mr. Monaco ...