Gerry Beaudoin Trio
Overview
Award winning veteran jazz guitarist Gerry Beaudoin is available solo, duo or with his trio for your wedding, corporate function or special event. From the jazz clubs of New York City to the symphonic stage, The Gerry Beaudoin Trio has built a reputation of flawless performance and professionalism. Additional musicians available on request. The Gerry Beaudoin Trio is the perfect cocktail trio and consists of Gerry Beaudoin on guitar, Gerard Beaudoin III on vibes and Bob Nieske on acoustic bass. With a song selection based in the jazz tradition, the Great American songbook and pop classics the Gerry Beaudoin Trio is a favorite of event planners and talent buyers across the USA and Canada.
Reviews
40 reviews
Sherman D.
July 17, 2023True Professional
Gerry’s band was fantastic! He is equally a great communicator always available by email or phone. We would definitely book Gerry again.
Hired as: Jazz Band, Jazz Guitarist
Gerry Beaudoin Trio
Sherman and Jesse thank you so much for your kind words. It was a wonderful event and we had a great time. Thank you for your generosity and hospitality.
Rita W.
July 31, 2022Absolutely The Best
From my initial contact with Gerry Beaudoin, I knew we were going to have a wonderful experience. Gerry handles everything so professionally and the Trio delivered a beautiful evening filled with perfect jazz. Everyone at our event loved the Trio and I can highly recommend for any event you have coming up. On a scale from 1-10, I give them 100! You will not be disappointed. They are completely amazing.
Hired as: Jazz Band
Gerry Beaudoin Trio
Rita,
Thank you so much for your kind words. We had a wonderful time last evening playing jazz for your very appreciative guests, Congratulations to you all. Have a safe trip home. I hope to see you and your family again.
Gail G.
March 28, 2025Very good.
Excellent ability to have the volume appropriate to the setting & the conversation level at a cocktail/dinner party . The quality of the pieces selected & the musicianship were terrific. The guests appreciated & commented on enjoying the music .
Hired as: Jazz Band
Gerry Beaudoin Trio
Gail,
Thank you so much for your kind words . It was a lovely event in a beautiful setting and my band and I thank you for your hospitality! If you ever need my services again please save my email gvbeaudoin@gmail.com
My best wishes to you and your family.
Gerry Beaudoin
Sabrina D.
September 27, 2024Fantastic!
Gerry and his team were amazing. So so good. Easy to work with, professional - and the perfect musical element to our event. Will absolutely hire again.
Hired as: Jazz Band, Jazz Guitarist
Gerry Beaudoin Trio
Sabrina, Thank you so much for your kind words! We had a wonderful time, everyone was so nice and receptive to our music! We are looking forward to performing at your school again in the future.
Whit B.
April 8, 2024Great music and easy to work with!
Really loved chatting with Gerry. He is such a nice guy and his music was perfect for our event. I would 10 out of 10 hire him again!
Hired as: Jazz Band
Booking information
Price range: $250.00-$5000.00
Languages: English, Italian
About
GERRY BEAUDOIN TRIO
The Gerry Beaudoin Trio is the musical vehicle for award winning jazz and blues guitarist Gerry Beaudoin. Called "New England's premier jazz guitarist" by Just Jazz Guitar Magazine and "A swing guitar master" by the Boston Globe, Gerry has strong ties to the Boston area and New England. A lifelong resident of Waltham, Massachusetts, Gerry is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and an adjunct professor of music at Quincy College. His performance on the DVD "Live at the Stoneham Theater" was singled out by jazz historian Scott Yanow in his book The Great Guitarists as one of the "finest examples of jazz guitar on film." For over thirty years the Gerry Beaudoin Trio has been a fixture on the New England jazz scene as well as the national jazz stage. He is the recipient of a National Association Of Independent Record Distributors Award for his recording In A Sentimental Mood and two Cadence Magazine Editors Choice Awards.
Musical collaborations with major artists in performance and recordings include mandolin titan, David Grisman, jazz guitar legend Bucky Pizzarelli, jazz saxophonist and blues shouter Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, legendary jazz pianist Jay McShann, Grammy nominated vocalist Karrin Allyson, Grammy winning saxophonist, pianist and arranger Fred Lipsius from the seminal jazz/rock group Blood, Sweat and Tears, world class saxophonist Harry Allen and saxophonist Rich Lataille from Roomful of Blues, guitarists Howard Alden, Ronnie Earl, Joe Louis Walker, Duke Robillard, Max Jazz recording artist Cassandre McKinley, harmonica player from the Eric Clapton and Muddy Waters band, Jerry Portnoy and legendary guitarist Jay Geils from Bostons own J. Geils Band. The Gerry Beaudoin Trio recordings Just Among Friends featuring David Grisman and Bucky Pizzarelli and The Return featuring the Gerry Beaudoin Trio with saxophonist Harry Allen both were placed on the Grammy Awards ballot in multiple categories. The trio’s collaboration with guitarists Jay Geils and Duke Robillard as the New Guitar Summit produced three CDs on Canada’s Stony Plain label, of which one, Shivers, was also placed on the Grammy awards ballot.
Constantly evolving in instrumentation and personnel, the current Gerry Beaudoin Trio consists of Gerry his son Gerard Beaudoin on vibes and long time friend and musical collaborator Bob Nieske on acoustic bass. Jazz festival impresario Bart Weisman said of the Gerry Beaudoin Trio, “The father and son team weave sinuous lines and complex musical phrases truly in the tradition of jazz, supported by the rock solid bass of Bob Nieske . " A young vibraphone phenomenon, Gerard Beaudoin III, is a self taught jazz musician. Studying all percussion instruments in the Waltham MA school music programs he was chosen for the prestigious Northeastern District Jazz Band in MA in his junior and senior years. It was the first time in years a vibraphonist had been invited to join the band and the first time in twenty years a student from Waltham High School had been invited to participate in this concert. At seventeen years old he was asked by Jay Geils of the legendary J. Geils Band to perform on his second solo jazz CD, "Toe Tappin Jazz". Performances with the Waltham Philharmonic Orchestra and jazz legends Bucky Pizzarelli, clarinetist Dick Johnson, leader of the Artie Shaw Orchestra, and Grammy winning saxophonist Fred Lipsius from the seminal jazz rock group Blood, Sweat and Tears soon followed. A prolific songwriter Gerard co-wrote the new jazz standard " I Often Thought You'd Never Leave Me" which was placed on the Grammy Awards Ballot in 2011. In 2016 Gerard was the featured performer in concert with the Cape Cod Conservatory Big Band performing the music of legendary jazz vibraphonist Terry Gibbs. He has performed at major festivals and jazz clubs with saxophonist Harry Allen and guitarist extraordinaire Howard Alden. His traditional two mallet approach, a unique approach to comping chords and and a swinging fluid style has him as a brand new voice to be reckoned with on his instrument.
Maintaining a very busy schedule on the road and at major festivals and jazz clubs throughout their career, The Gerry Beaudoin Trio also performs many concert and club dates each year just in New England. Gerry was quoted as saying: "I love New England and since most of the players in my musical orbit also live in New England or New York it is easy for me to continue my collaborations with my favorite musicians in this area a majority of the year." Plans for the "Trio in the (phone number hidden)7 concert season include visiting the west coast and western Canada again as well as recording a new CD with BMG recording artist , saxophonist Harry Allen .
A charter member of the Gerry Beaudoin Trio, bassist Bob Nieske is a successful jazz educator, performer, arranger and composer. He is “Professor In The Practice Of Music ” and Director of the Jazz Ensemble at Brandies University, as well as on the faculty at the New England Conservatory and a guest Director of the New England Conservatory Big Band. Bob holds a Bachelors and Masters of Music degree with Honors from New England Conservatory. He was a member of legendary saxophonist and clarinetist Jimmy Guiffre’s bands for twelve years and contributed compositions to his critically acclaimed Soul Note recordings. Bob and Gerry are celebrating over thirty years of musical collaboration in this latest incarnation of the Gerry Beaudoin Trio. Gerry simply states, “I don’t think any musician has supported me more or had an effect on my career and my music than Bob. Any direction I took, no matter how different from what we had done before, he was always there offering personal, professional and musical support.”
Bob has recorded or performed with guitarists Charlie Byrd, Duke Robillard and Larry Coryall, jazz vocalist Dakota Staton, The Either/Orchestra, pianist and composer George Russell And The Living Time Orchestra and legendary jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli. As a composer and arranger Bob’s own projects include a suite for jazz trio and the Lydian String Quartet documented on his critically acclaimed CD Simplicity.
Gerry has appeared on over fifty recordings and DVD's .
Past booked events
March 2025
27
Thursday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 10:00pm
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Boston, MA
September 2024
26
Thursday
Nonprofit Event
6:00pm - 8:30pm
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Brookline, MA
July 2024
30
Tuesday
Funeral/Memorial Service
12:30pm - 1:30pm
•
Danvers, MA
April 2024
05
Friday
Cocktail Party
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Boston, MA
February 2024
17
Saturday
Wedding Reception
6:00pm - 9:30pm
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Brighton, MA
October 2023
19
Thursday
Cocktail Party
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Lexington, MA
September 2023
12
Tuesday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 9:30pm
•
Boston, MA
August 2023
26
Saturday
Wedding Ceremony
5:00pm - 8:00pm
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Newport, RI
03
Thursday
Dinner Party
6:30pm - 9:00pm
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Newburyport, MA
July 2023
14
Friday
Cocktail Party
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Portsmouth, NH
April 2023
15
Saturday
Wedding Reception
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Gloucester, MA
December 2022
23
Friday
Nonprofit Event
6:30pm - 7:00pm
•
Derry, NH
September 2022
10
Saturday
Wedding Cocktail Hour
6:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Waltham, MA
August 2022
27
Saturday
Corporate Event
3:30pm - 5:00pm
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Beverly, MA
05
Friday
Funeral/Memorial Service
3:00pm - 5:00pm
•
Rye, NH
July 2022
30
Saturday
Dinner Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Cambridge, MA
06
Wednesday
Fundraiser
5:30pm - 7:30pm
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Osterville, MA
02
Saturday
Personal Occasion
4:30pm - 7:30pm
•
Beverly, MA
June 2022
09
Thursday
Retirement Community Event
2:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Nashua, NH
April 2022
23
Saturday
Fundraiser
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Newburyport, MA
October 2021
16
Saturday
Wedding Reception
5:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Worcester, MA
September 2021
26
Sunday
Birthday Party
10:00am - 11:00am
•
Wakefield, MA
August 2021
21
Saturday
Wedding Reception
4:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Portland, ME
July 2021
20
Tuesday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Nashua, NH
April 2021
17
Saturday
Birthday Party
4:00pm - 6:00pm
•
Watertown, MA
August 2020
13
Thursday
Wedding Reception
7:00pm - 10:30pm
•
Groton, MA
December 2019
07
Saturday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 10:30pm
•
Portland, ME
07
Saturday
Christmas Party
6:00pm - 10:30pm
•
Portland, ME
October 2019
12
Saturday
Funeral/Memorial Service
1:30pm - 3:30pm
•
Mashpee, MA
September 2019
08
Sunday
Grand Opening
12:30pm - 7:30pm
•
Braintree, MA
August 2019
12
Monday
Dinner Party
7:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Boston, MA
June 2019
26
Wednesday
Concert
6:00pm - 7:00pm
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Needham, MA
18
Tuesday
Corporate Event
4:00pm - 7:00pm
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Lincoln, RI
06
Thursday
Corporate Event
5:00pm - 7:00pm
•
Hingham, MA
May 2019
29
Wednesday
Cocktail Party
5:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Cambridge, MA
October 2018
30
Tuesday
Cocktail Party
12:00pm - 3:00pm
•
Boston, MA
August 2018
10
Friday
Anniversary Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Barrington, RI
June 2018
28
Thursday
Corporate Event
5:30pm - 7:30pm
•
Canton, MA
April 2018
28
Saturday
Corporate Event
11:00am - 1:00pm
•
Shrewsbury, MA
December 2017
28
Thursday
Birthday Party
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Newburyport, MA
June 2017
16
Friday
Cultural Event
8:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Providence, RI
May 2017
02
Tuesday
Corporate Event
6:30pm - 9:30pm
•
Cambridge, MA
April 2017
22
Saturday
Birthday (Adult)
1:00pm - 3:00pm
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Southwick, MA
March 2017
25
Saturday
Birthday (Adult)
7:00pm - 10:00pm
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Brookline, MA
October 2016
29
Saturday
Birthday (Adult)
7:00pm - 10:00pm
•
Brookline, MA
June 2016
09
Thursday
Fundraiser
6:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Milton Village, MA
May 2016
27
Friday
Graduation
6:00pm - 9:00pm
•
Cambridge, MA
November 2015
19
Thursday
Corporate Event
5:00pm - 8:30pm
•
Cambridge, MA
12
Thursday
Holiday Party (Other)
1:00pm - 2:00pm
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Medford, MA
September 2015
26
Saturday
Birthday (Adult)
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Truro, MA
August 2015
29
Saturday
Wedding Reception
5:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Marlborough, MA
July 2015
16
Thursday
Cocktail Party
7:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Boston, MA
June 2015
30
Tuesday
Cocktail Party
6:00pm - 10:00pm
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Cambridge, MA
26
Friday
Private Party
7:30am - 9:30am
•
Franklin, MA
October 2014
04
Saturday
Anniversary Party
6:00pm - 8:00pm
•
Rockport, MA
June 2014
19
Thursday
Private Party
6:30pm - 8:30pm
•
Sherborn, MA