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DAN TRUDELL
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Dan Trudell has been voted "a rising star" by Downbeat Magazine and
has recently toured with Matt Wilson's "Arts and Crafts" quartet
featuring Terrell Stafford and Dennis Irwin in Italy. Dan's group the B3
Bombers was featured on the main stage of the 2007 Chicago Jazz
Festival. Dan holds the piano chair in the Chicago Jazz Orchestra and
has performed as a sideman with Aretha Franklin, Kenny Burrell, Ron
Carter, Benny Golson, Buddy DeFranco, Roy Hargrove, Jeff Hamilton,
Kurt Elling, Anne Hampton Calloway, Joe Williams, Jimmy Heath,
Doug Lawrence, Jerry Weldon, Jim Rotondi, and Eric Alexander among
others. Dan's piano style has been compared to Ahmad Jamal, McCoy
Tyner, and Red Garland. His organ style is greatly influenced by the
greats who came before him such as Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Don
Patterson, and Brother Jack McDuff. Dan resides and performs in the
Chicago area and has toured and performed throughout the world.
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Dan Trudell has been voted "a rising star" by Downbeat Magazine and
has recently toured with Matt Wilson's "Arts and Crafts" quartet
featuring Terrell Stafford and Dennis Irwin in Italy. Dan's group the B3
Bombers was featured on the main stage of the 2007 Chicago Jazz
Festival. Dan holds the piano chair in the Chicago Jazz Orchestra and
has performed as a sideman with Aretha Franklin, Kenny Burrell, Ron
Carter, Benny Golson, Buddy DeFranco, Roy Hargrove, Jeff Hamilton,
Kurt Elling, Anne Hampton Calloway, Joe Williams, Jimmy Heath,
Doug Lawrence, Jerry Weldon, Jim Rotondi, and Eric Alexander among
others. Dan's piano style has been compared to Ahmad Jamal, McCoy
Tyner, and Red Garland. His organ style is greatly influenced by the
greats who came before him such as Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Don
Patterson, and Brother Jack McDuff. Dan resides and performs in the
Chicago area and has toured and performed throughout the world.
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