Joe Doria

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| origin = Seattle, Washington

| instrument = Hammond Organ

| genre = jazz, funk, rock

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| associated_acts = Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet
Skerik

| website = http://www.joedoriamusic.com/

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Joe Doria is an American Hammond Organ keyboardist from Seattle, Washington. Playing many styles, Doria has backed solo artists from the Seattle area and is a member of several Seattle based groups, some of which have toured nationally. These include McTuff and his own Joe Doria Trio, as well as The Drunken Masters, Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet, AriSawkaDoria, Swampdweller and The Last Mile.

Doria has consistently received positive reviews. The Stranger praised him as "all solid... omni present... (and the) backbone holding it all down,"[http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/08/20-week/ Wonka + Vader = Skerik CD release at Tractor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184344/http://lineout.thestranger.com/2006/08/20-week/ |date=2016-03-03 }} Trent Moorman, the stranger, August 20, 2006, Retrieved November 29, 2007 and stated that he "never lets his immense chops get in the way of momentum or soul."[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=419056 Jazz/Not Jazz At Earshot, It's Not an Important Distinction] Christopher DeLaurenti and Jonathan Zwickel, The Stranger, October 17, 2007, Retrieved November 29, 2007 All About Jazz says his "deft... tasteful roadhouse temperament never allows the pieces to veer off course."[http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1201 Skip Heller: Fakebook] C. Michael Bailey, All About Jazz, February 24, 2004, Retrieved November 29, 2007

Performances in the Fall of 2007 include The Joe Doria Trio with Chris Spencer on guitar, Byron Vannoy on drums, McTuff with Skerik on saxophone, Andy Coe on guitar and Dvonne Lewis on drums. Tarik Abouzied eventually joined McTuff, replacing Dvonne Lewis on drums.{{Cite web|url=http://www.themonarchreview.org/one-super-important-question-for-mctuff/|title=One Super Important Question For McTuff|date=2013-11-11|website=The Monarch Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-10}}

Discography

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090109071225/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=15064 AriSawkaDoria] Edward Zucker, All About Jazz, Retrieved November 29, 2007
  • [http://www.jambase.com/Articles/15345/Behind-the-McTuff-Exterior Behind the McTuff Exterior] Court Scott, JamBase, October 22, 2008 Retrieved October 23, 2008