THE ORGANISATION HAMMOND ORGAN TRIO FT. KELVIN CHRISTIANE

"A killer band with real bite" 

Mark Youll – JazzWise Magazine

A performance of hard-hitting jazz, blues, Latin, hard bop and post-bop including rarely performed classics by the likes of George Russell, Woody Shaw, Duke Pearson, Pepper Adams and others.

'Following on form their highly acclaimed 2018 album "Point Blank" the Organisation (with Tony Kofi on Baritone sax) have teamed up with first call session sax Paul Booth. Paul has in a long standing member of Steve Winwood's band has recently been touring with West Coast legends the Eagles, in addition he has toured or recorded with Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Van Morrison, the Allman Brothers Band , Chaka Khan, Derek Trucks and others, the band will be exploring the point where Post Bop, blues Gospal, funk and latin collide.

The association was created as a result of a last-minute dep at Kent jazz institution, the Eagle Tavern, with Tony fresh from recording with Ornette Coleman in New York. Playing both alto and baritone on the date there was an instant affinity between the players, the Organisation’s combination of both the Bluesy soul jazz side the Hammond canon, and their knowledge of the more modern post-bop side of the repertoire (as typified by Woody Shaw’s “Moontrane”) working perfectly with Tony’s approach. It is to the credit of all the musicians that they have played a long game, developing their craft and style on the UK jazz circuit and the sounds you will hear are the sounds of a band who have put the hours in and held an ace in their collective hand until the moment to play it was just right.

Kelvin Christiane has been leading his own bands for the past fifteen years and has released twelve CD’s of his originals and standards. The latest CD ‘Wigger’ (September, 2010).

A graduate from the Leeds College of Music he has played with artists such as Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie, Pucho & the Latin Soul Bros, Jim Mullen, Gilad Atzmon, Alan Barnes, Don Weller, Bob Martin, Roland Perrins’ Blue Planet Orchestra, Dave O'Higgins, Derek Nash, Steve Waterman, Peter King, Alex Garnett, John Etheridge, Dave Cliff…

Kelvin Christiane – Tenor Sax

Pete Whittaker – Hammond Organ

Simon Fernsby – Guitar

Peter Cater – Drums