Jazz
In 2004, three San Francisco Bay Area musicians decided to create a rhythm section devoted to their own compositions and individualized arrangements of standards. Now in 2005, after recording its studio demo, THE TRIO is ready for public performance.
CURT MOORE, drums, has over 100 recordings to his credit, and performed with artists such as the Count Basie Band, Joyce Cooling, John Clayton, Bruce Forman, Andy Narell, Pete Escovedo, Jimmy Heath, and Jackie and Roy, to name a few. Mr. Moore leads his own 5-piece Latin Jazz group, Soul Sauce. He is currently on the teaching staff at Jazzschool in Berkeley, CA. Contact Kurt at www.curtmoore.com.
CHUCK BENNETT, acoustic bass, has toured with Louis Bellson, the Beach Boys, and Maynard Ferguson. In California, he has played with Tom Scott and Art Pepper. He has extensive recording experience in Los Angeles and San Francisco for films, commercials, live theatre, and live radio. He is an accomplished bass trombonist with the Contemporary Jazz Orchestra.
DENNY BERTHIAUME, piano grew up outside Washington D.C. and Chicago. He is the only non-California native in the group although San Francisco is his home. He has performed with Bobby McFerrin, Diane Schuur, and Ed Thigpen. He recorded four albums as co-leader of the successful fusion group Solar Plexus. He has appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Russian River Jazz Festival, San Jose Jazz Festival, and San Miguel de Allende International Jazz Festival. He is emeritus professor in literature and music at Foothill College in Los Altos, CA, and a published playwrite. Contact Denny at www.dennyberthiaume.com.
Download music sample: ” All the Things You Aren’t “
Contact me at:
- (415) 333-2092
- denny42@earthlink.net
- http://www.dennyberthiaume.com