Bruce Katz Band – A Fusion Of Blues, Jazz, And Roots With Masterful Hammond B3 and Keyboard Improvisation

Bruce Katz has built a career at the crossroads of blues, jazz, and roots music, guided by a deep command of the Hammond B3 and piano. A longtime collaborator with artists ranging from Gregg Allman to Delbert McClinton, Katz brings decades of experience and a clear musical voice to the stage. With his Woodstock, NY–based trio, the Bruce Katz Band delivers original music that blends organ, guitar, and rhythm into a sound shaped by improvisation, groove, and conversation. This performance is a natural fit for the Intimate Atmosphere of Godfrey Daniels, where every note lands with purpose in our Live Music Listening Room.

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"He can play jazz, blues, Bach, anything. Man, he's a heavy!"

   - Gregg Allman

Bruce Katz is a legendary keyboardist (Hammond B3 and piano) who has released 12 CDs as a leader and has appeared on nearly 80 other CDs with the likes of John Hammond, Delbert McClinton, Ronnie Earl, Butch Trucks, Duke Robillard, Little Milton, Joe Louis Walker, Arlen Roth, David “Fathead” Newman, and many, many others. 

 He has also had a strong musical connection with the Allman Brothers Band, having been a member of Gregg Allman’s band for six years (2007-2013), Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band (2010-2015), Butch Trucks’s Freight Train Band (2015-2017) and Les Brers. Bruce also occasionally toured with the Allman Brothers as well.

He is a seven time BMA nominee (2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021) for the “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year” award, which is the equivalent of the “Blues Grammys”. He was also nominated by Living Blues Magazine for “Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)” award in 2015, 2019 and 2024. He won the 2019 BMA for “Best Acoustic Album” for “Journeys to the Heart of the Blues”, recorded with Joe Louis Walker and Giles Robson and was nominated for “Acoustic Album”award for “Solo Ride”, his solo piano CD. His most recent albums include “Back In Boston Live”, a live album recorded in March, 2024, “Connections”, recorded at Capricorn Studios in Macon, GA, released in April, 2023 and his critically acclaimed solo piano CD, “Solo Ride” (Dancing Rooster) in August of 2019. “Connections” has received critical acclaim and has been in the top of the worldwide radio charts as well.

The Bruce Katz Band is an original, very exciting group of musicians that combine Blues, “soul-jazz”, New Orleans inspired roots music and “jam/blues”.  Based in Woodstock, NY, Bruce Katz occupies a unique space where blues and the many aspects of Americana music collide into a style of original music all his own. The band has a trademark sound, blending the B3 organ and guitar in unique and inventive ways.

The Bruce Katz Band is:

Bruce Katz – Hammond B3 organ and piano

Aaron Lieberman (God Street Wine) – guitar/vocals

Liviu Pop (Lucky Peterson) – drums