Tres Muse departs from the traditional with a Power Jazz Trio including

Dan Moretti-Sax, Marty Ballou-Bass and Marty Richards-Drums. 

All three RI Music Hall of Fame Inductees the band creates that energy that can only be found in the trio setting.  Playing a set of originals and standards in a unique way that shows off their individual strengths.

 

Marty Richards, drum wizard.

During the course of his 40+ year career, Marty has become internationally known as a “go-to” player for any setting. He is a gifted accompanist whose innate sense of swing and unerring sense of time have graced hundreds of stages and more than one hundred fifty recordings behind a list of artists that reads like a “who’s who” of American popular music.  One of his many accomplishments was that He was the principal drummer on the first recordings by acclaimed singer/songwriter Norah Jones. This album was recorded in 2000 just weeks before Norah began work on her first Blue Note album and Marty appears on half of the tracks. Released in 2003, it climbed to #1 on Billboard’s Top Blues Albums chart and #2 on its list of Top Independent Albums.

Marty Ballou - Bass. 

Coming up through the ranks in the final decades of the 20th century, Marty Ballou kept an open mind and opened his ears to the joys and possibilities of every musical opportunity which presented itself to the young bassist. He became equally adept on the upright bass violin and the electric bass guitar and his massive body of work, in the studio and on the stage, stands him alongside the all-time greats on both instruments. Marty is at the top of the list of New England’s “first-call” bassists. Highly regarded nationally for his work in the jazz and blues fields, he is equally at home in other genres including folk, rock, pop and Americana.

Dan Moretti-Saxophone

Throughout his career Dan has toured in the United States, Europe, Africa, Asia and Russia performing and presenting clinics and seminars.  His musical influences range from jazz and classical to funk and Latin-jazz and New Orleans grooves.  Since the 80’s, he has performed or recorded with a variety of artists across the musical spectrum.  A short list includes: Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Robert Plant, Kid Rock,  Dr. John, Cornell Dupree, Jerry Jemmott, The Temptations, Mike Stern, Omar Hakim, Jimmy Cobb, Dave Samuels, Dave Liebman, Marvin Stamm, Nat Adderly, and The Crusaders, Dr. John and Nicholas Payton.