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March 8, 2008: We recently had a very great gig in South Bend. I met a wonderful organist of the older generation (back when there where organ rooms!) You can read all about it and see pics by clicking here!
February 22, 2008: If you haven't yet, check out our videos on YouTube! See organissimo in action! Click here!
January 4, 2008: Happy 2008! We found the following video on YouTube of a group in Berlin, Germany covering our original song Bleeker. Check it out here. And then check out our version from the 2006 Detroit International Jazz Festival on YouTube here.
More recording and writing is happening this weekend. We'll keep you updated!
December 28, 2007: The new year is almost upon us! This Sunday organissimo heads into the studio to begin work on their long-awaited third CD. Keep checking back for updates and special events.
December 10, 2007: Happy Holidays! organissimo would like to thank everyone for their continued support. It ain't easy making a living playing jazz in this day and age. Remember that you can download some FREE holiday music from our forum just by clicking here and following some simple instructions. If you have any problems, don't hesitate to email. Have a great holiday season and happy New Year!
September 12, 2007: Check the forums for some pics of the B3 Blowout at the 2007 Detroit International Jazz Festival! Click here!
July 1, 2007: The forums are back! Log-in and check out the new look!
June 21, 2007: The festival season is upon us and organissimo just performed at a small but mighty one: The 2007 East Lansing Summer Solstice Jazz Festival. Go to the media page and get yourself some FREE mp3s from the show. That's right, they are free! Just scroll down towards the bottom.
The festivals continue. Check the schedule for all of our upcoming shows!
April 23, 2007: As mentioned in the email to our list members, we've got a new video up on the site from our appearance at the 2006 Detroit International Jazz Festival. It's our version of the great Jimmy Smith classic blues shuffle, "Back At The Chicken Shack". Check it out over on the media page or on YouTube.
April 22, 2007: You may have noticed a slight website re-design. We just changed a few colors and added a new picture up top. We also added two pictures to the photos page of us at the Tel-Aviv Jazz Festival. And there's a link up top to our myspace page.
What about that log-in tab? More news on that later...
March 14, 2007: A new video is up on the Media page and on YouTube. It is a clip from our performance at the 2006 Detroit International Jazz Festival. We hope you enjoy it!
March 6, 2007: It is with great sadness that we mourn the untimely passing of a true friend of the art community here in Lansing, Mr. Robert Busby. Robert was the owner of The Creole Gallery, probably the only hip, true listening room in Lansing for jazz, folk, and world music as well as live poetry, theatre, and of course a beautiful gallery space for visual art. We attended the moving memorial service today at Dart Auditorium on the campus of LCC. I think the entire greater Lansing art community came out. The entire auditorium was full, as well as at least two overflow rooms. We saw fellow musicians, painters, poets, writers, fans, friends, and family. An amazing event. Robert was truly loved. We in organissimo loved him as well.
RIP Robert Busby. May your vision live on in our hearts and deeds.
February 26, 2007: We made it back safe and sound from Tel-Aviv, Israel. The festival was fantastic! Pictures are posting in the following thread on our forum. <Click here> Speaking of the forum, if you're not a member, please consider joining!
February 13 , 2007: Don't forget that we have a myspace page. Be friends with organissimo! We don't send out pointless events or bullentins, either.
January 7 , 2007: Waiting For The Boogaloo Sisters... is back in stock at CDBaby.com! The re-prints look great and we're happy to have our debut back in print.
December 8 , 2006: Many people have emailed us asking, "Is Waiting For The Boogaloo Sisters... out of print?" Well, yes... but it is coming back into print soon. We've had to change duplicators and the process of getting the old artwork around has taken longer than expected. But the disc is at the duplicators now and should be in our hands in a few weeks. Thank you for your patience and understanding! It will be available at CDBaby.com and is currently available on iTunes and other download sites.
December 1 , 2006: Don't forget, you can enjoy some free holiday music from organissimo just by clicking here! 'Tis the season!
October 19, 2006: Just put up a new video. It's from the 2006 Muskegon Summer Celebration back in July. You can see the new Hammond Suzuki XK System in it! Neat-o! It's in windows media format on this site, or you can watch it on YouTube. Check the media page for more.
October 16, 2006: Our East Coast tour was a fantastic success! We came home with only five copies of "Waiting For The Boogaloo Sisters..." left, completely selling out of "This Is The Place". We were met with much enthusiasm everywhere we played, including Washington DC, Virginia Beach, Baltimore, and of course Philadelphia. We all fell in love with Philadelphia and can't wait until our return in January for the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Art After 5 series!
October 12, 2006 - In a two-part review for JazzTimes.com of this year's Detroit International Jazz Festival, writer and critic Bill Milkowski briefly mentions our set. We are the only "local" band to be mentioned in the article. Not a bad feat.
Milkowski writes, "The local B3 trio Organissimo invigorated the organ trio tradition with a fresh takes on the genre on Saturday afternoon at the same stage. Their eclectic set ranged from classic shuffles to Latin-tinged grooves to an inventive take on Frank Zappa's Peaches En Regalia.”
The full article can be read by clicking here. It is in two parts. Part two (which contains the above quote) can be found here.
September 7 , 2006 - We had a nice article written about us in the run-up to the Chicago Jazz Festival. It appeared in Chicago Jazz Magazine and is archived on the press page.
August 21, 2006 - A new date was added for organissimo's East Coast Tour. We will be appearing at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia on October 4th. See the schedule page for all the tour dates. And for email reminders of upcoming gigs, CDs, and other news, please sign up for the organissimo email list.
August 9, 2006 - It would appear that CDBaby.com has worked out some sort of deal with Amazon.com to sell CDs. That's the only explanation we can think of as to why our first disc, "Waiting For The Boogaloo Sisters..." is now available on Amazon.com. It's a little pricey compared with buying direct from CDBaby, but if someone prefers Amazon, now they have that option. CDBaby has not made any announcement about this, but it seems like their entire catalogue is up on Amazon. This is great news, as it replaces the deal between CDBaby and Tower Records going the way of the dodo.
August 8, 2006 - A new video is up on Youtube.com! Filmed during the recording sessions for "This Is The Place", the video shows an alternate take of the song "Tenderly" that did not get used for the record. Hiding in the back corner you can even see our friend Bill Vits laying down some percussion!
And in case you missed it, there is also some live footage of the band playing at the Firefly Club in Ann Arbor on youtube as well. Both videos are also available on the media page.
August 4, 2006 - Welcome to the newly re-designed organissimo website! We hope you enjoy the new look. Please email us with any concerns or questions.
June 28, 2006 - organissimo's appearance at the 2006 Syracuse Jazz Festival was a roaring success! A nice write-up appeared in the Syracuse Post-Standard. It is archived on the press page.
May 1 , 2006 - A new review of "This Is The Place" appears on the website Celebrity Cafe. It is archived on the press page.
April 25 , 2006 - organissimo is nominated for a Detroit Music Award under the category Outstanding Jazz Recording. We're very proud of just being nominated and we'll see if we win on May 18th.
March 30 , 2006 - organissimo has been awarded Best Jazz Band by Real Detroit Weekly's 2006 The Real Best of Detroit. Check out the blurb on the press page.
March 19 , 2006 - A new review of "This Is The Place" courtesy of JazzReview.com is archived on the press page.
March 8 , 2006 - A very nice article came out today in the Detroit Metro Times by Charles Latimer. It is archived on the press page.
March 6 , 2006 - Unbeknownest to us, former New York Times writer/critic and Detroit Free Press alum Elvis Mitchell mentioned organissimo in an article about Detroit for Southwest Airlines in-flight magazine Spirit. It is archived on the press page. A big thank you to forum member spinlps for the heads-up!
February 28 , 2006 - And the reviews for "This Is The Place" keep coming! Two more reviews are archived on the press page from Audiophile Audition and Cadence Magazine.
February 26 , 2006 - There's a new review of "This Is The Place" from Hammondbeat. It is also archived on the press page.
February 22 , 2006 - A nice write-up appeared in the Lansing State Journal today about our Jammie win. It is archived on the press page.
February 12 , 2006 - Another article appeared in the Grand Rapids Press today. It is archived on the press page.
February 9 , 2006 - A nice article came out in the Grand Rapids Press yesterday about our Jammie Award. It is archived on the press page.
February 8 , 2006 - We're proud to announce that we were given two awards at the 7th Annual WYCE Jammie Awards last night including Best Jazz Album and Best Album of the Year for "This Is The Place". A very big "Thank You" to WYCE and our fantastic Grand Rapids fans!
January 3 , 2006 - Happy 2006! As a nice start to the new year, organissimo is featured on NPR's Open Mic series! Check it out by clicking here!
December 3 , 2005 - We got a nice unsolicited plug from Blaise Lantana, Jazz Director for KJJZ in Phoenix, AZ. To read, click here!
December 2 , 2005 - We played the HotHouse in Chicago on Nov. 30th. Today the Chicago Tribune published a concert review of that show by noted critic Howard Reich. To read it, go to the press page!
November 28 , 2005 - A new short article by Chicago jazz critic / radio host / writer Neil Tesser appeared in this week's Chicago Reader about our upcoming show at the HotHouse and the new record. Read it on the press page!
November 8 , 2005 - "This Is The Place" is reviewed in the current issue of Chicago Jazz Magazine! To read the review check out the press page by clicking here!
November 2 , 2005 - THIS JUST IN : organissimo will open the 2005-2006 WGVU Jazz Night series at it's new location, Z's Restaurant & Bar on November 17th!
October 24 , 2005 - organissimo's track "Pumpkin Pie" is available as a free download on All About Jazz today! Click here for more details.
October 22 , 2005 - organissimo plays Baker's Keyboard Lounge this Saturday and will be recording the gig for a possible LIVE release later next year!
October 13 , 2005 - Two more new articles about organissimo came out today in the Lansing State Journal. Check out the press page for more details!
October 12 , 2005 - Two new articles about organissimo came out today in the NOISE and the City Pulse. Check out the press page for more details.
October 2 , 2005 - "This Is The Place" got a 4/5 star review on the All Music Guide online! To read the review, click here!
September 27, 2005 - "This Is The Place" is reviewed on All About Jazz! To read the review, click here!
September 26, 2005 - organissimo's East Coast Tour in October just got another date: We'll be at The Skybar in Somerville (Boston) on Oct. 7th! Go to the schedule page for more info.
September 22, 2005 -This just in... an interview with Jim Alfredson appeared on Sept. 9th in the Kalamazoo Gazette. It has been archived on the press page for your reading enjoyment!
September 20, 2005 - organissimo will be appearing at Martyr's in Chicago on Oct. 18th. October is shaping up to be a full month for us! Check the schedule page or click on the calendar at the left for more info!
September 19, 2005 - "This Is The Place" held fast at #6 on the CMJ charts! We're very proud of the CD's continued success!
September 7, 2005 - "This Is The Place" stayed at#25 spot on the JazzWeek charts and but moved up to #6 on the CMJ charts this week! Look at the company we're in (click here)!
September 1, 2005 - "This Is The Place" moved up to the #25 spot on the JazzWeek charts and also moved up to #12 on the CMJ charts!
August 29 , 2005 - "This Is The Place" debuted on the JazzWeek charts at #29 this week! That's the highest debut on the charts!!
August 24 , 2005 - The organissimo press kit has been updated to reflect our new release! If you need it, it's on the press page!
August 19 , 2005 - WCMU's Jamie Lynn Gilbert recently interviewed organissimo's Jim Alfredson about the new record. The interview has been archived and is available on the media page.
August 18 , 2005 - "This Is The Place" moved up to #15 on the CMJ Top-40 Jazz Charts this week!
August 12 , 2005 - Our latest CD review via the Aug. 3 edition of JazzWeek is now posted on the press page!
August 12 , 2005 - A nice write-up about the new CD and our upcoming show at Baker's Keyboard Lounge appeared in the Detroit Free Press this morning!
August 12 , 2005 -The website Hammondbeat.com has setup a page for us and will feature some reviews of the new disc soon!!
August 9 , 2005 - "This Is The Place" was CMJ's number 2 add for its first week! That means more stations added our CD to their playlist than any other CD (even on the big labels!) save for one!
August 5 , 2005 - The new CD is available via CDBaby! Order your copy today!!!
August 1, 2005 - "This Is The Place" is the featured release on www.radioiojazz.com all this week! Go to the site and "click to listen" to hear full tracks from the new CD!
July 12, 2005 - The CD is at the duplicators! The official release date is August 8th! We'll be putting up samples soon! PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!!!