SYNOWIEC ROBINSON TOWNE

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Killer Groove Organ-Trio. A Fusion Supergroup like NIACIN. Must have for every serious Fusion Fan.

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Press Release:
John JR Robinson, Mitch Towne & Andrew Synowiec are SRT. New York Session players are a kind of revered class, with the knowledge, versatility and supreme taste to make every record date they do come alive. What they don’t always get is the spotlight, the chance to pursue their own projects and document what they’re about when they’re fully unleashed. SRT embodies that elusive ideal in power trio form: it’s what you get when you match up John “J.R.” Robinson, often cited as the most recorded drummer of all time (Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Rufus & Chaka Khan), with organist Mitch Towne (Terrace Martin, Jerry Bergonzi, Eric Gales) and guitarist Andrew Synowiec (Ariana Grande, Elton John, Frozen, The Who).

Vanguards of Groove, SRT’s debut album, is the work of three seasoned and accomplished pros who are still hungry. It’s an all-instrumental outing, as tight, funky and thunderously rocking as it is warm and nuanced. All three wrote for the project, and the results cut across a wide spectrum, conversant with funk, rock, fusion and of course organ trio jazz, although Vanguards of Groove is not a textbook example or carbon copy of any genre. It’s three distinct personalities, with chops formidable enough, and instincts refined enough, to know when to rein it in and when to turn it loose.