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Garage A Trois is an American jazz quartet including drummer Stanton Moore, saxophonist Skerik, vibraphone and percussionist Mike Dillon and keyboardist Marco Benevento. They play a variety of music including rock, funk and jazz.[1]
Garage A Trois | |
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 Garage A Trois at Tipitina's with Mean Willie Green sitting in on drums on April 28, 2004 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Fog City, Telarc |
| Members | |
| Past members | |
| Website | garageatrois |
History
editGarage A Trois was originally a trio founded by Moore, eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter, and Skerik. It formed during the 1998 recording of Stanton Moore's debut All Kooked Out!, a session that also yielded Garage A Trois' debut recording Mysteryfunk. Both albums were produced by Dan Prothero on his independent Fog City Records label. They were also both recorded "live with no over dubs".[2] Whereas All Kooked Out! was rehearsed, "straight-toned" and promoted as the initial release, Mysteryfunk was mostly improvised with electronically effected instruments and as Moore has stated had "all the freaky stuff."[3]
After success as a live act they took on vibraphonist and percussionist Mike Dillon. The quartet performed multiple tours on the national nightclub circuit and played at several festivals. They were known to perform a wide variety of music in any given show including funk, punk-rock with electronic effects, or straightforward jazz.[1]
In 2007, Moore, Skerik and Dillon continued to perform by the Garage A Trois moniker featuring other musicians such as John Medeski and Marco Benevento.[4]
In October 2009, Garage A Trois released their first studio CD with the Benevento line-up, Power Patriot.[5]
On August 20, 2012, Garage A Trois played a show at the Brooklyn Bowl in New York, with a lineup consisting of just Charlie Hunter, Skerik and Mike Dillon. The show is notable for the return of Charlie Hunter, the lack of Benevento or Moore, and Dillon playing a traditional drum kit for most of the show.[6]
Discography
edit- Mysteryfunk (Fog City, 1999)
- Emphasizer (Tone-Cool, 2003)
- Outre Mer (Telarc, 2005)
- Power Patriot (Royal Potato Family, 2009)
- Always Be Happy, But Stay Evil (Royal Potato Family, 2011)
- Calm Down Cologne (Royal Potato Family, 2021)[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Gambit cover story, Garage a Trois' Four-play Cristina Diettinger, Gambit, April 22, 2003 (the week leading to Jazz Fest) Retrieved March 13, 2008 Archived from the original
- ^ liner notes
- ^ Interview WWOZ, All Kooked Out enhanced-CD, 1998, Fog City
- ^ Conversation with Stanton Moore Doug Collette, Stateofmindmusic.com, April 2007 Retrieved June 21, 2007
- ^ Keith Spera Garage A Trois ranges from lounge jazz to prog-rock on a new CD Nola.com, November 13, 2009
- ^ "Garage A Trois Live at Brooklyn Bowl on 2012-08-20". 20 August 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2021 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Listen: Garage A Trois Share "The Epic" Off New LP Calm Down Cologne". Glide Magazine. March 31, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
External links
edit- Official site
- Garage A Trois at MySpace
- Fog City Records presents: Garage A Trois
- Garage A Trois collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive