Garage A Trois
{{Short description|American jazz quartet}}
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| name = Garage A Trois
| image = GAT Tipitinas 2004.jpg
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| caption = Garage A Trois at Tipitina's with Mean Willie Green sitting in on drums on April 28, 2004
| origin = New Orleans, Louisiana
| genre = Jazz
| years_active =1998–present
| associated_acts = Galactic
| website = {{URL|garageatrois.com}}
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Garage A Trois is an American jazz quartet including drummer Stanton Moore, saxophonist Skerik, vibraphone and percussionist Mike Dillon and keyboardist Marco Benevento. They play a variety of music including rock, funk and jazz.[https://web.archive.org/web/20030826224240/http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2003-04-22/feat2.html Gambit cover story, Garage a Trois' Four-play] Cristina Diettinger, Gambit, April 22, 2003 (the week leading to Jazz Fest) Retrieved March 13, 2008 Archived from [http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2003-04-22/feat2.html the original]
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 Stanton Moore's debut All Kooked Out!, 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".liner notes 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."Interview WWOZ, All Kooked Out enhanced-CD, 1998, Fog City
After success as a live act they took on vibraphonist 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 and Marco Benevento.[http://www.stateofmindmusic.com/articles_print.php?articleId=180 Conversation with Stanton Moore] Doug Collette, Stateofmindmusic.com, April 2007 Retrieved June 21, 2007
In October 2009, Garage A Trois released their first studio CD with the Benevento line-up, Power Patriot.Keith Spera [http://www.nola.com/music/index.ssf/2009/11/garage_a_trois_ranges_from_lou.html Garage A Trois ranges from lounge jazz to prog-rock on a new CD] Nola.com, November 13, 2009
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.{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/gat2012-08-20.mk21.flac16|title=Garage A Trois Live at Brooklyn Bowl on 2012-08-20|date=20 August 2012|access-date=5 May 2021|via=Internet Archive}}
Discography
- Mysteryfunk (Fog City, 1999)
- Emphasizer (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){{Cite news |date=March 31, 2021 |title=Listen: Garage A Trois Share "The Epic" Off New LP Calm Down Cologne |work=Glide Magazine |url=https://glidemagazine.com/255439/listen-garage-a-trois-share-the-epic-off-new-lp-calm-down-cologne/ |access-date=April 2, 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.garageatrois.com/ Official site]
- [https://www.myspace.com/garageatrois Garage A Trois] at MySpace
- [http://www.fogworld.com/gat Fog City Records presents: Garage A Trois]
- [https://archive.org/details/GarageATrois Garage A Trois collection] at the Internet Archive's live music archive
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Category:American funk musical groups
Category:Jazz ensembles from New Orleans