The Trio of Oz

The Trio of OZ Back to NYC news

admin — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:09:24 +0000

Good morning all! We are on our way back! On the TTOZ events schedule:
Omar wires up the studio and we start recording in June! Rachel teaches at the New School on Monday&plays with Wayne Escoffrey Tues&Wed@Jazz Standard

Solomon Dorsey finishes his tour with Jose James and records w TTOZ in June

Luques Curtis Check out his websiteperforms Monday with Eddie Palmieri at York College

Goodbye Corsica…see u soon!!!
Thanks
Salem Machine for another great tour!

The Trio of OZ in Bastia,Corsica

admin — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:22:47 +0000

Corsica…is totally awesome!!Thank you for making us feel so welcome and giving TTOZ 2 encores!!What a great end to the tour!sorry that we sold out of CDs! Plz buy one on CD baby!

wow! Look who we found! Awesome musicians will share the stage tonight with TTOZ! Reggie Washington(bass) with whom Rachel used to play in NYC @55Bar etc and in Steps Ahead! Dave Gilmore(gtr) who Rachel played with on Wayne Shorter’s Highlife CD and tour! The great Jean Lake(drums) here pictured with Omar Hakim, Luques Curtis, and Baltimore trumpeter Ronald Baker!

Reggie Washington

beach sheik Dave Gilmore!!

yay! Should be a fun filled event! What an honor to share the stage with our friends!

Omar,Rachel and Michele Maestracci(the artistic director).

Omar Hakim and Gene Lake! Should be a great night of innovative drummers! Exciting!

thanks to Michele and Roger for making this tour so lovely and fruitful for The Trio of OZ! Tonight will be a nite to remember…stay tuned for a full report!read about the jazz Society here

what a great show!! The perfect end to a great tour!!:-)

Ronald Baker and Luques Curtis sit in with the House band at Les Pamiers!

Photos by Michele Maestracci
Who presented us at the Equinoxe Jazz Festival

The Trio of OZ @Cully Jazz Fest,CH

admin — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:06:00 +0000

It’s 6am…leaving Brno now…ugh!
Today we meet up with Solomon for the Cully Show! Can’t wait to see Roger,Carine and Davide! This gig was 5 years in the making on the part
Of Salem Machine and we appreciate it!
Soundcheck now…check it out!

Solomon Dorsey joins us for this special show at #CullyJazz !

Omar setting up drums…

the Salem Machine makes
Its all Happen for us!

a beautiful venue

One of our last sets of this music until pur new CD! Thanks to all of our fans and promoters for three years of touring on the Eponymous CD “The Trio of OZ”…new recording to start in June in the new studio!

This is the new Montreaux:-)

solomon dorsey’s classical background really makes his bow work so passionate!

Omar Sosa checks out Omar Hakim and had some truly kind
words about “the Domino Theory video of Weather Report” being required listening in Cuba!! Mr Hakim is indeed a legendary influence on so many drummers! It is always a pleasure to humbly hear these kind words.

the crew is great here& very kind!

thanks again to Jean and Roger for Videotaping our show! Hopefully
We will have clips up soon!

we did a radio show for RTI radio!

Roger Salem made this gig happen:-)

the radio dude asked us ehat makes the The Trio of OZ tick! We
Told Him the heart and soul of the band is te communication!

We spoke about the freedom that comes with a common knowledge of musics, pop,rock,R&B , alt rock,jazz and being able to draw upon these references at any moment!

Solomon brings a freedom and a joy to his music that is so inspiring!

Omar threw down some
Mad grooves!

he is a bright light!!!

OZ with Omar Sosa who was very cool!

ornella Is a young pianist from Lausanne- we wish her the best with her music!

Thank you CullyJazz.

TTOZ@BRNO,Czech Republic

admin — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:06:24 +0000

7:15am lobby& can’t sleep…sigh!
We made it to BRNO Brno International Jazz Festival
and are now sound checking! They have a really nice Petrof Piano…quite heavy action! I could get crushed!
A new friend Pavel took us to
A thai restaraunt!!

setting up the stage in BRNO

the crew is very friendly! Thanks to Wilhem for bringing us!

Omar setting up a beautful red Pearl kit

Z did’nt really like the new rhodes so tonight just piano will do…

Brno is an international town full of colleges! It is an honor to be invited to perform at this wonderful festival!

there will be a video of tonght posted on the Brno Jazz Festival site!

the brno staff photographer Lukas was real cool!

Luques is doing so great on bass! He also plays with Eddie Pamieri
And The Curtis Brothers…

Omar warming up on the futon couch backstage!

Luques warming up!

Z and Vlostock,one of the promoters of Brno International Jazz Festival
Check out Lukas Vidensky Channel on You Tube for video of tonights concert!!

The Trio of OZ Budapest to Milano

admin — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:23:01 +0000

This week we traveled to Milano through Budapest via Jerusalem! Check OUT OUR NEW pics and deets!

#omarHakim #rachelzmusic exploring the DUOMO!!

Omar after 2 sets in Chaux de Fonds and a flight and a drive! A beautiful old Brewery In the Swiss Countryside!!

Thanks to Phillipe for
Presenting us!

The gig was beautiful! A quiet initimate gig!

The fans is Budapest were so lovely and kind! The club was a beautiful venue where we were really honored to perform! New FriendsAbound!!
#BlueNoteMilan was awesome as always! Thanks to Daniele Genovese, Nick the Nightfly from Radio Monte Carlo and Roger Salem (Machine) and Digital Brother Paolo Siconalfi we had the best time ever ! We did a radio interview with Nick The Nightfly about our new CD(coming soon) and the the whole show was broadcast via interneton showgoTV as well as on the radio!!
Wow!

The Trio of OZ and Nick the Nightfly and Roger Salem Machine