Garage A Trois is an American jazz quartet including drummer

Stanton Moore Stanton Moore (born July 9, 1972) is an American funk, jazz, and rock drummer from New Orleans. Most widely known as a founding member of Galactic, Moore has also pursued a solo recording career (beginning with his 1998 debut ''All Kooked Out! ...

, saxophonist

Skerik Skerik is an American saxophonist from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor and baritone saxophone, often with electronics and loops, he is a pioneer in a playing style that has been called saxophonics. He is a founding member of Critte ...

, vibraphone and percussionist Mike Dillon and keyboardist

Marco Benevento Marco Benevento (born July 22, 1977) is an American pianist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, who has been a fixture of the New York experimental music rock and jazz scene since 1999. He is the founder and recording e ...

. They play a variety of music including rock, funk and

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History

Garage A Trois was originally a trio founded by Moore, eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter, and Skerik. It formed during the 1998 recording of

's debut ''

All Kooked Out! ''All Kooked Out!'' is the debut studio album by New Orleans-based drummer Stanton Moore. It was recorded entirely live in the studio with no overdubs and no headphones, in a week-long session that also yielded ''Mysteryfunk'', the debut album ...

'', a session that also yielded Garage A Trois' debut recording '' Mysteryfunk''. Both albums were produced by Dan Prothero on his independent Fog City Records label. They were also both recorded "live with no over dubs". Whereas ''All Kooked Out!'' was rehearsed, "straight-toned" and promoted as the initial release, ''Mysteryfunk'' was mostly improvised with electronically effected instruments and as Moore has stated had "all the freaky stuff." After success as a live act they took on

vibraphonist The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

and percussionist Mike Dillon. The quartet performed multiple tours on the national nightclub circuit and played at several festivals. They were known to perform a wide variety of music in any given show including funk, punk-rock with electronic effects, or straightforward jazz. In 2007, Moore, Skerik and Dillon continued to perform by the Garage A Trois moniker featuring other musicians such as

John Medeski Anthony John Medeski (born June 28, 1965) is an American jazz keyboard player and composer. Medeski is a veteran of New York's 1990s avant-garde jazz scene and is known popularly as a member of Medeski Martin & Wood. He plays the acoustic piano ...

and Marco Benevento. In October 2009, Garage A Trois released their first studio CD with the Benevento line-up, '' Power Patriot''. On August 20, 2012, Garage A Trois played a show at the Brooklyn Bowl in New York, with a lineup consisting of just Charlie Hunter, Skerik and Mike Dillon. The show is notable for the return of Charlie Hunter, the lack of Benevento or Moore, and Dillon playing a traditional drum kit for most of the show.

Discography

* '' Mysteryfunk'' (Fog City, 1999) * ''

Emphasizer ''Emphasizer'' is the first full length studio album by Garage A Trois released in 2003.liner notes Track listing # "Hard Headed Rio AKA Rio Cuca Dura" - 4:14 # "Sprung Monkey" - 4:39 # "Plena for My Grundle" - 3:40 # "A-Frame" - 3:56 # "We See" ...

'' (Tone-Cool, 2003) * '' Outre Mer'' (Telarc, 2005) * '' Power Patriot'' (Royal Potato Family, 2009) * ''Always Be Happy, But Stay Evil'' (Royal Potato Family, 2011) * ''Calm Down Cologne'' (Royal Potato Family, 2021)

References

External links

Official site

Garage A Trois
at MySpace
Fog City Records presents: Garage A Trois

Garage A Trois collection
at the

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