Bruce Katz Band
http://www.brucekatzband.com/
Featuring Bruce Katz/Hammond B3 Organ/Piano
Chris Vitarello/Guitar/vocals (Jimmy McGriff, Tad Robinson)
Ralph Rosen/Drums
Legendary keyboardist Bruce Katz has released seven CDs as a leader and appeared on nearly seventy other recordings with John Hammond, Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard, Little Milton, Delbert McClinton, Jimmy Witherspoon, David โFatheadโ Newman, and others.
His new CD, โHOMECOMINGโ (American Showplace Music) released in October, 2014, explores his wide ranging scope of blues musics, with six vocal tunes, in addition to Bruceโs instrumental originals. โHOMECOMINGโ features his band as well as special guests John Hammond, Randy Ciarlante, Jimmy Bennett and others. ...
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Bruce Katz Band
http://www.brucekatzband.com/
Featuring Bruce Katz/Hammond B3 Organ/Piano
Chris Vitarello/Guitar/vocals (Jimmy McGriff, Tad Robinson)
Ralph Rosen/Drums
Legendary keyboardist Bruce Katz has released seven CDs as a leader and appeared on nearly seventy other recordings with John Hammond, Ronnie Earl, Duke Robillard, Little Milton, Delbert McClinton, Jimmy Witherspoon, David โFatheadโ Newman, and others.
His new CD, โHOMECOMINGโ (American Showplace Music) released in October, 2014, explores his wide ranging scope of blues musics, with six vocal tunes, in addition to Bruceโs instrumental originals. โHOMECOMINGโ features his band as well as special guests John Hammond, Randy Ciarlante, Jimmy Bennett and others.
Bruce is, as well, currently a member of the Delbert McClinton Band, John Hammond Band, and performs regularly with Maria Muldaur Jaimoeโs Jasssz Band among others. He has played extensively with Gregg Allman and Friends and with the Allman Brothers joined them on several tours over the last few years.
The Bruce Katz Band's trademark sound blends B3 organ and guitar into unique blues, โsoul-jazzโ, and New Orleans-inspired roots music. Katz occupies a unique space where blues and aspects of Americana collide in his original music.
In 2008, 2009 and 2010, Bruce was nominated as Piano Player of the Year by the Memphis-based Blues Foundation (the Blues equivalent of the Grammy Awards) as their "Piano Player of the Year"!
"He can play jazz, blues, Bach, anything. Man, he's a heavy!" - Gregg Allman
"This man is as good as it gets. One of the greatest keyboard artists I've ever heard" - John Hammond
"Bruce Katz is a spectacular talent! He's a brilliant composer and arranger who uses uncommon and unique musical intelligence to redefine jazz and blues far beyond the pale of the accepted definitions of keyboard competence. Whether on piano or organ, when you hear Bruce Katz you know it's him, unmistakably and uniquely." - Larry Coryell
โNow, thatโs a piano player! - Pinetop Perkins
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