Trio Bien

Chicago, IL

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Travels up to 120 miles

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Chicago Shout - at the Jazz Showcase

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Aviation - at The Jazz Showcase

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Mr. Milton - at The Jazz Showcase

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Woodprints - at The Jazz Showcase

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Jeff Kier - Piano

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Lanny Grilly

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Edo Castro

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Edo Castro

Overview

We play the full range of the jazz spectrum - smooth to cool - for dancing or just hanging out


Reviews

1 review

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Leeann T.

July 17, 2023
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Talented musicians that made my event!

I was so nervous about booking a band online but these gentlemen were absolutely amazing and made my concerns disappear. They communicated well, were early for the event, inceredibly sincere, and talented. Both played together as if they'd played for years. They even played their own music! My guests really enjoyed the music. I will book them again!

Hired as: Jazz Band

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Booking information

Price range: Contact for rates

Languages: English

Gig length: 90 - 240 minutes

Insurance: $1,000,000 - Liability Insurance

What to expect

We play the full range of Jazz - Jazz Standards, Smooth Jazz, Latin-Jazz, and more!
Music to dance to, or just hang out.
We're professionals who make our living playing and teaching music. We try to fill our clients needs to the best of our ability and make our audiences happy and have a fun experience.
We love what we do and it shows.

About

Trio Bien!

Trio Bien is a collaboration between Jeff Kier – keyboards/composer, Edo Castro-Woodhouse - bassist/composer, and Lanny Grilly - drummer/producer.

The group members have a long history in Jazz and have performed with or shared the stage with such notables as Ahmad Jamal, Mose Allison, Willie Pickens (Elvin Jones), Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny), Henry Johnson (Ramsey Lewis), Chuck Webb (Aretha Franklin), Judy Roberts, Michael Arnopol (Patricia Barber), James Sanders (Chicago Sinfonietta), Fareed Haque (Sting), Nick Drozdoff (Maynard Ferguson), Oscar “Bobo” Brown III, Ed Peterson (Ellis Marsalis) …just to name a few.

Additionally, the members have played nationally at such places: Chicago’s Jazz Showcase, The Lion’s Share (San Francisco), The Desert Inn (Las Vegas), NightTown (Cleveland Heights), Small’s (New York City), and Snug Harbor (New Orleans) – as well as internationally in Paris, Rome, Tel Aviv, Negril, Jamaica, The Jazz Café in Havana Cuba, and Tangier, Morocco.

Their current show combines their indelible melodies and the band’s unique fusion of solid grooves and seductive world-rhythms.

Services offered

Past booked events

July 2023

13

Thursday

Corporate Event

5:00pm - 7:30pm

Chicago, IL

December 2021

02

Thursday

"Jazz N' Jokes"

8:00pm - 11:00pm

November 2021

04

Thursday

"Jazz N' Jokes"

8:00pm - 11:00pm

October 2021

07

Thursday

"Jazz N' Jokes"

8:00pm - 11:00pm

September 2021

02

Thursday

Jazz N' Jokes

8:00pm - 11:00pm

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