This is where most bands will tell you all about how they came together to make music that will change the world, man. Our plan is far more simple: to make jazz fun again. We get back to the basics, playing music to make feet tap, fingers snap and necks pop. Collectively, the influences of The Paul Abella Trio read like a who's who, not just of jazz, but of modern music, period. Our set lists take chances with the standard jazz repertoire, tip a hat to the sounds of modern jazz and contain many opportunities to jam in our unique way on songs ranging from the classic chansons of Edith Piaf, to the classic rock of The Allman Brothers and The Grateful Dead. We take our inspiration from a long line of jazz musicians, from Louis Armstrong to Mongo Santamaria, who played music to get people off, plain and simple. We're equal parts modern jazz band, eclectic jam band and populist bar band. And let's face it, any band with percussion just looks damn cool on stage.
Our CD, "mainstreamism" came out in late September 2007. A collection of fun tunes, ranging from a medley of Stephen Foster's Shortnin' Bread and Duke Ellington's Caravan to spirited versions of La Vie En Rose and R.E.M.'s Losing My Religion, it's been lauded as "interesting," "fun" and "amazing." In no small part, due to Mitch Corso's raging solos and Bob Ferraris' amazing interplay. People from throughout the Chicago area, and throughout the world, thanks to the world wide web, have been picking up on the Paul Abella Trio's sound.
WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING ABOUT THE PAUL ABELLA TRIO...
"The Paul Abella Trio's "Mainstreamism" is an extremely well conceived and
performed CD. It's marked by unusual, and very interesting treatments of both standards and originals.
A spirited and remarkably inventive trio!"
--Dick LaPalm, jazz impresario
"What a delightful and original surprise. Your musical "strut" allowed me to sit back and continue working in my office and at times, laugh out loud...you are blessed and I know had you been born "Then" you would have been right in there with the jazz doctors and young bloods...Thank you."
--Grange "Lady Haig" Rutan, author of Death of a Be-Bop Wife
"The trio of Paul Abella (percussion), Mitch Corso (guitar), and Bob Ferraris (bass) offers a set of unusual rhythms and stylistic couplings to mainstream tunes, and the result is delightful. For example, Mainstreamism offers a large dose of Latin flavor with flair, applied to tunes that aren't inherently thought of as "Latin." They make this work, not by trying to force feed the songs into what might be stereotypically thought of as "Latin jazz," but by merely changing the context, creating a different sound mix than one would usually expect. They have an interesting take on things that makes for a good listen."
--Tim Gault, Chicago Jazz Magazine
If this has convinced you to check out "mainstreamism", you can do so by going to...
VAL'S HALLA RECORDS: 239 LOMBARD OAK PARK, IL 60304
online, you can pick up your copy of "mainstreamism" in a myriad of ways...
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