Barbara Dennerlein Trio at Kuumbwa Jazz Center

Hammond B3 player Barbara Dennerlein, a.k.a. “the organ tornado from Munich”, got her start on the professional scene in the early 1980’s. Barely 20 years old, she made a number of appearances on German television; this quickly led to studio time with a series of international labels. In the intervening time, she was has recorded over 20 dates as bandleader and crafted an envelope-pushing sound that incorporates everything from sweet ballads to MIDI and sampler-driven funk. Bay Area native Barry Finnerty, an alumnus of the Brecker Brothers, Miles Davis and the Crusaders, ably handles the guitar chair...

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Hammond B3 player Barbara Dennerlein, a.k.a. “the organ tornado from Munich”, got her start on the professional scene in the early 1980’s. Barely 20 years old, she made a number of appearances on German television; this quickly led to studio time with a series of international labels. In the intervening time, she was has recorded over 20 dates as bandleader and crafted an envelope-pushing sound that incorporates everything from sweet ballads to MIDI and sampler-driven funk. Bay Area native Barry Finnerty, an alumnus of the Brecker Brothers, Miles Davis and the Crusaders, ably handles the guitar chair. Akira Tana’s deeply musical percussion work (featured by the likes of Sonny Rollins, Jim Hall and Paquito D’Rivera) rounds out Dennerlein’s powerhouse trio.

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