''Toby arrives'' is the debut studio album by American instrumental band

Koch Marshall Trio Koch Marshall Trio is a three piece band which formed in 2017 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The band consists of a guitar player, a drummer and a Hammond organ, B3 organ player. The guitar player is Greg Koch (musician), Greg Koch who grew up in the Mi ...

. Released on February 23, 2018, the album has received praise from many reviewers.

Background

The "Toby Arrives" album title is in reference to the Hammond organ player Toby Lee Marshall. Dylan Koch insisted that

Greg Koch Greg Koch (born June 14, 1955) is a former American football tackle and guard who played eleven seasons in the National Football League, mainly with the Green Bay Packers. In 2010, Koch was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Koc ...

play with Marshall. The three musicians got together to play at a local studio that had a

B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

. During their very first time performing together, the three of them wrote the title track to Toby Arrives.

Release and reception

The album Toby Arrives is entirely instrumental. Both Greg Koch and Marshall have each spent the majority of their careers playing instrumental songs. The Koch Marshall Trio's debut album Toby Arrives contains songs that, "morph into an amazing new relationship with organ influenced Blues Rock." The first studio album by the Koch Marshall Trio has received high praise. Pendragon's review of the album borders on hyperbole: "‘Toby Arrives’ is the sort of album you could stack alongside a

Thelonious Monk Thelonious Sphere Monk (, October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire, including " 'Round Midnight", "B ...

record, a

Jeff Beck Geoffrey Arnold Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He rose to prominence with the Yardbirds and after fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to a mainly instrumental style, with a focus ...

record or a Mike Landau record. If you went for one of the other three and got this by mistake your day wouldn't be ruined." Scope Magazine's R.M. Engleman praised the mix of classic and non-traditional styles, saying "Greg’s playing is a little jazzy, a little funky, and the riffs are untraditionally cool...A lot of little nuances here with both the B3 and guitar.

Track listing

Personnel

Koch Marshall Trio *

– Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar, Vocals * Toby Lee Marshall –

Hammond Organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

*Dylan Koch – Drums

References

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