TAUK is an American four-piece progressive rock-fusion band from

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. Tauk (pronounced "talk", shortened from Montauk, NY) has toured with

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, Papadosio,

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, and others. The group tours the United States regularly every year, averaging about 160 shows. In 2015, the group released ''Headroom'', the band's first double-CD set culled from live performances. Much of their recording is done in collaboration with engineer

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, who has produced three of their studio albums.

History

Band members Matt Jalbert, Charlie Dolan, and A.C. Carter began playing together while growing up on

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as teenagers. Dolan, Jalbert, and Carter formed their first band in seventh grade. The group initially had a vocalist, Alessandro Zanelli, who left the group in 2011 and was not replaced; they have worked as an instrumental group since. Isaac Teel entered the band later when he met Dolan in college.Tauk: Band communicates without words
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'', March 11, 2016. The group won its first major attention opening on tour for

in 2014.No Talk From Tauk
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'', September 2, 2015.

Members

;Current *Matt Jalbert (guitar) *Charlie Dolan (bass) *A.C. Carter (keyboards and organ) *Isaac Teel (drums) ;Former *Alessandro Zanelli - vocals

Discography

Studio Albums *''Ride'' (before 2005) *''Brokedown King'' (2010) *''Homunculus'' (2013) *''Collisions'' (2014) *''Sir Nebula'' (2016) *''Shapeshifter II: Outbreak'' (2018) *Chaos Companion (2021) *Equalizer (2023) Live Albums * ''Headroom'' (2015) *Real Tauk, Vol.1 (2018) *Real Tauk, Vol.2 (2019) *Real Tauk, Vol.3 (2019) EPs *''Shapeshifter I: Construct'' (2018) *''Pull Factors'' (2011) Singles * ''Horizon'' (2016) * ''Realize'' (2017) * ''Space Ghost'' (2017) * ''Revenge of Weenus'' (2017) * ''Premises'' (2018) * ''Convoy'' (2018) * ''CMF 9000'' (2018) * ''Checkmate'' (2018) * ''Come On Now'' (2020) *Moon Dub (2021)

References

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External links

AC and Matt feature interview on The Sound Podcast with Ira Haberman
__FORCETOC__ American jazz ensembles from New York (state) Jazz fusion ensembles Musical groups from Long Island