Download The Brian Seeger Organic Trio

from New Orleans, USA:
The Brian Seeger
Organic Trio
Jean-Yves Jung, organ Paul Wiltgen, drums
“One of New Orleansʼ best jazz guitarists”
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- Gambit Weekly, USA
“...vraiment un son à l'américaine, teinté
d'une âme et porteur d'une histoire”
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- La Plume Culturelle, France
New Orleans based guitarist and composer Brian Seeger
brings his special blend of soul-jazz and urban
Americana. Backed up by acclaimed Luxembourgish
drummer Paul Wiltgen, and French organ master JeanYves Jung, Seeger presents original material, steeped in
the sounds of his home town, and the tradition of
Hammond-men like Dr. Lonnie Smith and Big John
Patton (both of which Seeger has had the pleasure of
backing up!).
Guitarist Brian Seeger is an integral part of New Orleans still vibrant jazz community. His fluid
and rich tone, and searching melodic improvisations, have led to his recognition as "One of
New Orleans' best jazz guitarists," by the local music media. His recording and performance
credits include Aaron Neville, Charlie Hunter, Big John Patton, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Chris Wood,
Jason Marsalis, Davell Crawford, Stanton Moore, Johnny Vidacovich, John Ellis, Brian Blade,
Rebecca Paris, and many others.
Brian Seeger
Although his musical excursions have been influenced by his studies with contemporary jazz
figures such as Gary Burton and Ellis Marsalis, Seeger's playing is well grounded in the blues
and American roots music, as well as the sounds of New Orleans' streets. Seeger deftly
melds these elements into an approach that is extremely heartfelt and individual; his aesthetic
is fundamentally that of a jazz musician, but there is still ample space for ideas from other
idioms.
Along with his accomplishments as a performer,
Seeger is a well known jazz educator and
composer. He holds a full time faculty position in
the esteemed University of New Orleans Jazz
Studies program, and is the director of the
National Guitar Workshop's Jam Summit. Seeger
is also an award winning composer and
producer. Many of his compositions have
become part of the standard repertoire of the
New Orleans soul-jazz community, and have
appeared on numerous nationally and internationally released CDs. He has produced over
20 discs for other artists, including French singer
and saxophonist Olivier Bou's Boo-Shah-o-Ray,
Czech composer and saxophonist Jiri Hala's
Make You Wanna Hala, and Luxembourgish
composer and drummer Paul Wiltgen's Fresh
Sounds disc The Paislies.
Sound Clips
click on links to listen
Wife Repellent
Letʼs Go
Home Remembered
Maybe Tomorrow
drums
Since his arrival in New York City in the fall of 2001, Luxembourg native Paul Wiltgen, has made a
name for himself among the local and international music industry as an accomplished jazz
percussionist and forward-thinking composer. An artist in the truest sense of the word, Paul has
earned acclaim as a musician with a unique balance of aesthetic and passion. After an extensive
classical tutelage at the Music Conservatory in Esch/Alzette (Luxembourg) and at various music
workshops throughout the world, he completed both undergraduate and graduate jazz studies at
Manhattan School of Music, learning from the likes of John Riley, David Liebman, Samir Chatterjee &
Michael Abene. Becoming a truly pancontinental artist, Paul has appeared alongside such emerging
stars as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Patrick Cornelius, Michael Janisch, Dave Binney, Ambrose Akinmusire,
Will Vinson, Lage Lund, Franz von Chossy, Tim Collins, Brian Seeger, Cedric Hanriot, Kristjan
Randalu and Pablo Held. Besides fronting The Paul Wiltgen Group, he is the leader of a New York
band named “The Paislies”, which released its debut album on the Fresh Sound New Talent record
label. He is one of the original members of The TransAtlantic Collective (Woodville Records, UK), a
vivacious contemporary jazz ensemble made up of musicians based in London and New York City.
He is also the drummer of the collective Trio Reis/Demuth/Wiltgen (Laborie Records, FR).
The Brian Seeger Organic Trio
Brian Seeger
[email protected]
+1 646 283-3987
Jean-Yves Jung
[email protected]
+49 176 61 94 02 35
Paul Wiltgen
[email protected]
+352 621 63 55 62
organ
Born in 1969 in France, JeanYves Jung is a self-taught
jazz organist, pianist and
composer. Gigging at night
while studying physics at
university, he decided to
become a full time musician
after graduating in 1992. He
moved to Paris to study composition and to take piano
lessons with Bojan Zulfikarpaçik. Jean-Yves is a member
of world renowned guitarist
Bireli Lagreneʼs Quartet. He
appears on Lagreneʼs latest
release, Mouvements (Universal Music). Jean-Yves has
recorded and toured with Billy
Cobham's "Higher Ground".
Jungʼs recording and performance credits also include
Philip Catherine, Dee Dee
Bridgewater, Sylvain Luc, Sylvain Beuf, Andre Ceccarelli,
The Paris Jazz Big Band,
Howard Alden, Steve Ellington, Jimmy Woode, Orchestre
Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Tony Lakatos, Keith
Copeland, Nat Reeves and
Christian Escoudé.