The Jazz Organ Scene

USA

Gary Versace Since basing himself in New York City in June of 2002, jazz organist, pianist, and accordionist Gary Versace has often been featured in bands led by musicians such as John Scofield, John Abercrombie, Maria Schneider, Matt Wilson, Lee Konitz, Eliot Zigmund, Scott Wendholt, Joe Magnarelli, Danny Gottlieb, Seamus Blake, John Hollenbeck, Andy LaVerne, Adam Nussbaum, Brad Shepik, Ingrid Jensen, Tim Ries and many others.   Versace has been a featured soloist on several critically acclaimed recordings of recent years: accordionist on Maria Schneider's Grammy-winning recordings "Concert in the Garden" and "Sky Blue" and as the pianist on John Hollenbeck's Grammy-nominated large ensemble recording, "A Blessing." Over the past five years, Versace has appeared as a leader for the Criss Cross and SteepleChase labels, and as a sideman on various recordings.   As a pianist, Versace performed in a two-piano recital with Marian McPartland, and in April of 1999 appeared on her acclaimed National Public Radio program, "Piano Jazz." McPartland has called him "...endlessly inventive...(Versace) really has an extraordinary talent."   Gary Versace has a masters degree in music performance from the Eastman School of Music, and spent eight years as a tenured associate professor in the jazz studies department at the University of Oregon. He remains active as a clinician and guest soloist both nationally and around the world.

contact:	gversaces@yahoo.com
homepage:	www.garyversace.com
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NY3 OA2 22008 recorded September 2005 in USA	Christian Eckert, guitar Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Matt Jorgensen, drums
Time And Again SteepleChase SCCD 31572 recorded December 2004 in USA	Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ John Abercrombie, guitar Rich Perry, tenor sax Billy Hart, drums
Bazaar ZOHO ZM 200613 recorded November 2001 in New York/USA	Rez Abbasi, guitar, sitar, percussion Gary Versace, Hammond organ Danny Weiss, drums, tabla Kiran Ahluwalia, Indian vocals Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto sax Marc Mommaas, soprano sax, tenor sax Gautam Siram, hand drum
Many Places SteepleChase SCCD 31572 recorded April 2005	Gary Versace, organ Dick Oatts, saxes Matt Wilson, drums
On Another Day SteepleChase SCCD 31587 recorded April 2005	Ari Ambrose, tenor sax Joe Magnarelli, trumpet Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Mark Ferber, drums
Intelligent Design SteepleChase SCCD 31618 recorded January 2006	Andy LaVerne, piano Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Danny Gottlieb, drums
Outside In Criss Cross Criss 1298 CD recorded April 2007 in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Donny McCaslin, soprano sax, tenor sax Adam Rogers, guitar Clarence Penn, drums
Live At Louis 649 Anzic Records ANZ-3001 recorded live 27 & 28 August 2007 at Louis 649 in New York City/USA	Eli Degibri, soprano sax, tenor sax Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Obed Calvaire, drums
Uptown Posi-Tone Records 8056 recorded in New York City/USA	Wayne Escoffery, sax Avi Rothbard, guitar Gary Versace, organ Noah Baerman, piano Jason Brown, drums
At The Kitano Vol. 1 SteepleChase SCCD 31654 recorded live November/December 2007 at the Kitano Hotel in New York, NY/USA	Andy LaVerne, piano Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Anthony Pinciotti, drums
Human Activity Suite Songlines Recordings SGL SA1576-2 recorded June 2008 in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Brad Shepik, guitar, saz, tamboura Ralph Alessi, trumpet Gary Versace, accordion, organ, piano Drew Gress, bass Tom Rainey, drums
Songs I Like A Lot Sunnyside SSC 1339 recorded in Frankfurt, M/Germany	John Hollenbeck, conductor, percussion Frankfurt Radio Big Band Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, soprano sax, alto sax, flute Julian Argüelles, soprano sax, tenor sax, flute Steffen Weber, soprano sax, tenor sax, flute Oliver Leicht, alto sax, clarinet, alto clarinet, flute Rainer Heute, bass sax, bass clarinet Günter Bollmann, trombone Peter Feil, trombone Christian Jaksjø, tenor horn, trombone Manfred Honetschläger, bass trombone Alex Schlosser, trumpet, flugelhorn Frank Wellert, trumpet, flugelhorn Martin Auer, trumpet, flugelhorn Thomas Vogel, trumpet, flugelhorn Martin Scales, guitar Gary Versace, piano, organ Thomas Heidepriem, bass Jean Paul Höchstädter, drums Kate McGarry, vocals Theo Bleckmann, vocals
Organique SteepleChase SCCD31805 recorded February 2015	Rich Perry, tenor sax Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Jeff Hirshfield, drums
I Want To Hold Your Hand - At The Kitano Vol. 3 SteepleChase SCCD 31803 recorded live November/December 2007 at the Kitano Hotel in New York, NY/USA	Andy LaVerne, piano Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Anthony Pinciotti, drums
Top Down JLC Records recorded July &December 2015 in USA	Brad Shepik, guitar Gary Versace, organ Mark Ferber, drums
Willisau Live hatOLOGY 741 recorded live August 2015 in Willisau/Switzerland	Ellery Eskelin, tenor sax Gary Versace, Hammond organ Gerry Hemingway, drums
Light Blue Laika records 3510357.2 recorded April 2017 in Pipersville, PA/USA	Martin Wind, upright bass, acoustic bass guitar Ingrid Jensen, trumpet Scott Robinson, saxophones, clarinet, taragota Anat Cohen, clarinet Gary Versace, organ, piano Bill Cunliffe, piano Maucha Adnet, vocals Matt Wilson, drums Duduka Da Fonseca, drums
What To Wear In The Dark Resilience Music RMA 015	Kate McGarry, voice Ron Miles, cornet Keith Ganz, guitar, bass Gary Versace, piano, organ, accordion Michelle Willis, wurlitzer, vocals Sean Smith, bass Clarence Penn, drums Obed Calvaire, drums Christian Euman, drums James Shipp, percussion Erin Bentlage, vocals Becca Stevens, vocals, charango
Air Laika Records 35104012	Martin Wind, bass Gregg August, bass Jordan Frazier, bass Sam Suggs, bass Gary Versace, piano, organ, accordion Matt Wilson, drums, percussion Lenny White, drums
Anthem Of Unity HighNote 7348 recorded November 2022 in Woodstock, NY/USA	Joel Harrison, guitar Gregory Tardy, tenor sax Gary Versace, organ Jack DeJohnette, drums

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