Pithy Cats Trio

Montreal, QC

$800 – $1,200 per event

Travels up to 120 miles

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Overview

Jazz trio with wide repertoire for any occasion from dance events to quaint cocktail to house party to jazz club.


Reviews

1 review

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Renaud M.

June 26, 2023

Professional and punctual

The Pithy Cats Trio have already visited Chez Ernest twice and will certainly return several times in the years to come. They listen to the public and know how to offer background music as well as make the crowd dance.
àWe strongly recommend.

Hired as: Blues Band, Jazz Band, Party Band, Swing Band

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Booking information

Price range: $800 – $1,200 per event

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Gig length: 60 - 180 minutes

What to expect

Music for ears and for the feet.

About

Pithy Cats Trio
Pithy Cats Trio blends things that swing, mainly in the jazz/blues/be-bop idioms, but freely incorporates songs from the folk, rock n' roll, and country repertoire, such as songs by Tom Waits and Willie Nelson. We can have a Latin flavor as well.

Adam Goulet
Born in North Bay Ontario, Adam grew up in a music filled home. From a very young age he developed an insatiable passion and curiosity for music, and at age 10 he finally got his first guitar. After completing his secondary studies (Mayfield SS for the arts) he completed a diploma in Jazz Studies at Humber College (Toronto Ontario), all the while studying classical guitar with the master Eli Kasner. While at Humber he studied with many of the great musicians there, including Lorne Lofsky, Ted Quinlan and Don Thompson. From there he moved to Montreal, became fluent in French, and studied classical guitar at the University of Montreal with Peter McCuthcheon, finishing in 2005. He has been active ever since on the Montreal scene as a sideman, performer, arranger, bandleader and teacher. He has worked with local and international acts such as Timba MM, Boogat, NeEma, Ramon Chicharron, Andy Rubal, Akawui, Valerie Ekoume, David Pavon and many others. He continues performing, recording and teaching in the Montreal area. He is currently developing his own original musical project.

Adam is fluent in English, French and (almost) Spanish.

Additional booking notes

PA with at least 4 entries.
If not these tech requirements can be met for a very slight additional fee.

Set list

SAMPLE SET LIST
This is not an exhaustive set list

Pithy Cats Trio June 1 @ Chez Ernest

SET 1
School Days (Dizzy Gillespie)
Just one of those things (Cole Porter)
You'd be so nice to come home to (Art Pepper)
Boulevard of broken dreams (Nat King Cole)
I've got the world on a string (Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass)
Ain't misbehavin' (Fats Waller)
Ramblin' man (Hank Williams)

SET 2
Hello Little girl (Duke Ellington & Jimmy Rushing)
Love me or leave me (Nina Simone)
You're nobody till somebody loves you (Dean Martin)
Like someone in love (Tony Bennet)
On green dolphin street (Ahmad Jamal)
I'll be gone (Tom Waits)
Honeysuckle rose (Fats Waller)
Innocent when you dream (Tom Waits)
Saint James infirmary (Louis Armstrong)

SET 3
Another night to cry (Lonnie Johnson)
I ain't got nothin' but the blues (Duke Ellington)
Lullaby of birdland (Gerorge Shearing)
Almost like being in love (Red Garland)
Ice cream man (Tom Waits)
Tennessee waltz

Crazy (Willie Nelson)

BALLADS
Sweet Lorraine (Nat King Cole)
My Old Flame (Ella Fitzgerald)
Tenderly (Ella & Louis)
Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk)

FOLK
Take this Hammer (Leadbelly)
Good night Irene (Leadbelly)
Dance me to the end of love (Leonard Cohen)
King of the road (Roger Miller)
House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)

Influences and inspiration

Duke Ellington
Bud Powell
Charlie Parker
Thelonious Monk
Tom Waits
Louis Armstrong
Wes Montgmery
Joe Pass
Cab Calloway
Dizzy Gillespie
Hank Williams
Willie Nelson

Setup requirements

Stage space large enough for a trio (drum kit, stand up bass and guitarist.)

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