KING LOUIE ORGAN TRIO

The King Louie Organ Trio, featuring Renato Caranto, sax; Edwin Coleman III, drums; and Louis on organ, has been playing together for years, both as an instrumental unit and with LaRhonda Steele (as "King Louie & LaRhonda Steele") and other vocalists.  But their first instrumental CD--featuring all-original material and appropriately titled, "It's About Time"--was only recently recorded & released (in May, 2019).  Basically, the guys just got tired of friends and fans asking when they were going to put out a CD of their own.  Then Tracy Turner-Pain put her foot down and said, "It's about time!" Louis and soulful saxophonist Renato Caranto (Merle Haggard, Esperanza Spalding) have been musical partners for over two decades now.  The two first teamed up as seminal members of the Mel Brown B-3 Organ Group when that band, dubbed “Jimmy Mak’s signature group” by The Oregonian, began its 20-year read more...