Jam at The Gem with Satori and The KTOs
SATORI ~Satori’s repertoire extends over four hours, from Laurent’s original compositions to interpretation of music by Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Mahavishnu Orchestra, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and others.
Laurent Brondel is a musician and luthier originating from Paris, France. Besides producing his recordings for Skam Records (UK), Tone Casualties (US) and Statra Recordings (US), he also performed with, engineered and produced records for Cuong Vu, Myra Melford, Geoffrey Oryema among other jazz / avant-garde / world musicians.
Chris Parent, raised in Sanford, ME, began an appreciation of music at a young age, mostly due to his mother's love of artists from the Motown Stax catalogues. Recent musical involvement include contribution to various bands from Southern Maine such as “Gocasual”, “The Rob Butler Band” and “The Good Against The Living”.
Cameron Lopez was born in California but has deep ties in Maine were he is currently residing. His unique sound is the blending of various styles making up his eclectic taste in music. He graduated from the University of Maine at
Augusta Jazz and Contemporary Music Program in 2014
The KTOs ~
“O’Reilly makes you see through your ears...” Face Magazine
Bassist Kevin O’Reilly has been pushing the boundaries and technique of his instrument for over three decades. His music has explored the outer fringes of progressive, punk and funk rock, but always remains fundamentally groove oriented. As a solo artist, O’Reilly has wanted to make music that engages listeners lyrically and “would make people (want to) move..”
A consistent feature in O’ Reilly’s work has been his bass being a driving force, front and center - even when his playing is deliberately in the background. On his past CD’s, his side project the Shellback Brigade, and on his current CD, he has surrounded himself with a cast of musicians that allow him to inhabit many planes of music making all at once - but also is able to shake things up and adjust textures and timings in ways that heighten the effect of this powerful, engaging and unmistakably enjoyable music.
Based in the Northeastern U.S., Kevin O’Reilly has been active as an instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, session player and recording engineer in a wide variety of genres. He started in punk, spent a number of rewarding decades in rock, created an extensive catalog of works for solo bass and was a member of The Dave Rowe Trio, a successful folk group.
Kevin’s potent mixture of forceful riffs and intelligent hooks while in the Portland, Maine based Love Cactus caught the attention of The Portland Press Herald who called his song Divebomber “...one of the catchiest songs on the local scene...” Other notable projects and collaborators include recordings and performances with ex-Steeplejack member and D.C.-based Andy Sullivan on his Dirty Bomb CD King of the Hill.
One of his earliest experimental recording projects, Ayatollah Mike (1990) produced with Seth Warner, was included in the soundtrack of Dorm, the first film produced by Efram Potelle and Kyle Rankin of Newborn Pictures (The Battle of Shaker Heights).
As a soloist and band leader Kevin has the following commercially available recordings, Acidron (1997), The View From Left Field (2001), Human Jukebox (2008), The Shellback Brigade project The Pollywog’s Lament (2011), and Positive Snark (2018). These are available at iTunes and CD Baby.
Kevin’s latest project is the band the KTOs, specializing in covers and originals
