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The Mike Cammilleri Organ Trio's debut album, "Bar Open," is five cover songs from the 1979-1989 era the band adapted to the organ jazz genre. Old schoolers will recognize Stevie Wonder's "Master Blaster," which the band moved from the original reggae groove, to an appropriate 60's groove similar to Killer Joe. If you do a Stevie Wonder tune, it is law that you also do a Michael Jackson tune, so the band turned "Workin' Day and Night" into a boogaloo. In order to chill the mood, the band stopped in 1984 for Christopher Cross' "Sailing." This song's beautiful groove and chord structure lent itself to showcasing the expansive sound of the Hammond Organ and Leslie speaker. As the yacht rockers say, All aboard. The most recent hits both come from 1989. Bobby Brown's "Every Little Step," and Jane Child's "Don't Wanna Fall In Love" both give the band a chance to get funky, but seamlessly weave back into swing for the soloists.. "Tapping into listener's fond memories of hit songs from their past, while arranging them in a way that true to the organ jazz enthusiasts is the best of both worlds," states Cammilleri, band leader and co-producer of the album. "Not everyone that comes to a jazz show has encyclopedic knowledge of jazz repertoire," states Al Falaschi... more credits released May 21, 2019 Mike Cammilleri - Hammond Organ Al Falaschi - Drums Vince Jesse - Guitar Produced by Al Falaschi and Mike Cammilleri Engineered by Al Falaschi and Mike Cammilleri Mixed by Al Falaschi Mastered by Plugins Album art by Mike Cammilleri Photography by Paddy Cassidy all rights reserved