They define jazz as a method of playing, rather than
a style or genre of music, imploring spontaneous
interpretation. These members of the MTV generation
use the music they grew-up with, songs such as "White
Wedding" and "Cult Of Personality," as a springboard
for improvisation. They believe that jazz should be both
introspective and accessible. Bradford Truby on upright
bass, Bryan Besse on drums, and Chris Marsceill on keyboards/piano have been playing together for four
years. Truby began playing Upright bass at 18, Besse
started on drums at 12, and at age 4 Marsceill began
playing piano. The goal of their music is to bring jazz to
a new generation, exposing younger crowds to great jazz musicians and writers, while appealing to older fans as
well. Their list of influences contains the likes of
Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, James
Booker, Scott Lafaro, Charles Mingus, Elvin Jones,
and Max Roach. They want to evolve jazz beyond fake
book standards by quoting something familiar, resulting
in eclectic mixes such as Coltrane with The Beatles,
and Herbie Hancock with Prince, molding together to
form a powerful new voice in Jazz for the new
millennium. Their music has the fingerprints of rock,
funk, hip-hop, and traditional jazz-infusing rock
energy with jazz sensibility. The trio performs regularly
at the New Orleans Fairmont Hotel and Storyville Jazz
Parlor on Bourbon Street.
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