Pat Bianchi is an American

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organist from New York, known for playing the

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organ.

Career

Originally from

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, Bianchi started playing after being given an organ at the age of 7. Deluke, R. J. (2019)
Pat Bianchi: B3 Master
, December 27, 2019. Retrieved September 11, 2020 His father and grandfathers had been professional musicians before him. At high school he also started playing piano, and went on to enroll in

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's preparatory program for piano and music theory. Bianchi graduated from the Berklee College of Music, where he met and worked with

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, in the late 1990s.Solomon, Jon (2015)
Jazz Organist Pat Bianchi Reaches for a Higher Standard
, westword.com, July 16, 2015. Retrieved September 11, 2020 He relocated to

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, where he played organ and piano at local clubs, including the house band of the El Chapultepec club, Chapultergeist, before moving to

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in 2008. He joined

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's quartet, and has worked extensively with guitarist

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, who has been described as Bianchi's mentor. After playing with several more established musicians, he moved into the role of band leader, releasing several albums since 2002. Bianchi has been nominated for a

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on two occasions. He is also an associate professor at Berklee.Pat Bianchi
, Berklee College of Music. Retrieved September 11, 2020

Discography

As leader

*''The Art of The Jazz Organ Trio'' (Synergy Music, 2002) * ''3osity'' ( Capri, 2006) *''East Coast Roots'' (Jazzed Media, 2006) * ''Back Home'' (Doodlin', 2010) * ''A Higher Standard'' (21H, 2015) * ''In the Moment'' (

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, 2018) * ''Something To Say: The Music of Steve Wonder'' (Savant, 2021)

As sideman

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– ''It's All Good'' ( Posi-Tone, 2012) *

– ''Never Can Say Goodbye'' (

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, 2010) * Chuck Loeb – ''Plain 'n' Simple'' (Tweety, 2011) *

– '' Formidable'' (HighNote, 2017) *

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– ''The Unity Project: Outer Reaches'' (Onyx, 2010) * JC Stylles – ''Exhilaration and Other States'' ( Motéma, 2011) *

Tim Warfield Timothy Reginald Warfield Jr. (born July 2, 1965, in York, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Early life Warfield picked up alto saxophone when he was nine years old, and switched to tenor when he was a teenager at William Penn ...

– ''A Sentimental Journey'' ( Criss Cross, 2010)

References

External links

* Living people 1975 births Berklee College of Music alumni Eastman School of Music alumni 21st-century American keyboardists 21st-century American male musicians 21st-century organists American jazz organists American male jazz musicians American male organists {{US-jazz-keyboardist-stub