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Trio Beyond is an avant-jazz fusion organ trio, formed in 2003.

Jazz fusion music genre

Jazz fusion is a musical genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and keyboards that were popular in rock and roll started to be used by jazz musicians, particularly those who had grown up listening to rock and roll.

Organ trio trio including a Hammond organ

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The trio was formed in 2003 by drummer Jack DeJohnette as a way of paying tribute to the importance of fellow drummer Tony Williams. [1] Guitarist John Scofield and Larry Goldings, on electric piano, Hammond B-3 organ and sampling, joined. [1] Goldings had been asked by Williams to join an organ trio in 1997, but the drummer died before the band could be formed. [2]

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A concert from the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the 2004 London Jazz Festival was released in 2006 as Saudades . [1] The material was from Williams's Lifetime band. [2] Trio Beyond toured Europe in 2006. [3] [4]

Queen Elizabeth Hall concert hall in London

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<i>Saudades</i> (Trio Beyond album) 2006 live album by Trio Beyond

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Brown, Marisa. "Trio Beyond". AllMusic . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Trio Beyond: Saudades". AllMusic . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ Kelman, John (June 6, 2006). "Trio Beyond: Saudades". All About Jazz. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  4. ↑ Spicer, Daniel (August 6, 2019). "Trio Beyond: Saudades". popmatters.com. Retrieved January 15, 2019.


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