The Hammond Grooves keeps and transcend the Jazz Organ Trio traditions.

 Formed by HAMMOND ORGAN, GUITAR and DRUMS, they add influences of brazilian music, soul jazz, blues and even rock music to their own compositions. A true universe of sounds and culture that emanetes from each of the hot valve tubes of Daniel Latorre's Hammond organ, from the magic frases of Filipe Galadri's guitar and from the exiting beats of Wagner Vasconcelos' drums.

The album "FUNKTASTIC" released in 2017 is now available on iTunes, Deezer, Spotify, Youtube and Googleplay.  Hammond Grooves  plays often in São Paulo area, around Brazil in the best clubs and music festivals and touring around the world. Follow us for touring dates and news!

 HAMMOND GROOVES band members:

DANIEL LATORRE

HAMMOND ORGAN

Natural from São Paulo, Daniel is the man of the HAMMOND ORGAN in Brazil. Used to play in music clubs and big concerts since his adolescence, he has built his carrear in music during his works with many Brazilian  musicians and has shared stage with IAN PACE (Deep Purple), ANDY SUMMERS (The Police), JOHN PIZARELLI, RONNIE CUBBER (Dr. Lonnie Smith, George Benson, Steve Gadd, etc.), CAETANO VELOSO, ANDREAS KISSER and PAULO ZINNER.

photo: Gustavo Arrais

WAGNER VASCONCELOS

DRUMS

Professional Musician, with a high grade educational resumè (FAAM, EMESP, Conservatório de Tatuí) a Zildjian’s cymbals endorser, Wagner is a reference in rhythm studies and one of the most comprehensive drum teachers in Brazil. Has been working  in many musical projects and with great artists, he shared stage playing as a former HG member with MICHEL LEME, LEO GANDELMAN, JOHN PIZARELLI, and RONNIE CUBER.

photo: Gustavo Arrais

FILIPE GALADRI

GUITAR

Professional musician and product specialist for Fender, Korg e Vox, Filipe is the youngest band member. Guitarrist passioned for modern jazz, is a leading scholar of the exoctic musical patterns and forefront of the jazz style, but equaly connoisseur from Hard Rock music to the Blues. One of  the biggest promisses of the guitar in brazilian musical scene.

photo: Gustavo Arrais

 Bio HAMMOND GROOVES

ORGAN

TRIO

Beside the soul jazz standards HG perform their own original’s that blend Brazilian rhythms with jazz music.

The name Hammond Grooves is not coincidence. “The first idea when we assembled the trio was to perform live this unique group formation with the jazz and groove repertoire that we listened in the Blue Note, Atlantic and Verve recordings. But suddenly we start to make our own tunes using each band member’s influences, specially the Brazilian rhythms. We sustained the name as a homage to this wonderful instrument, the Hammond organ, for all the history, philosophy and atmosphere that surround it” - as says found member Daniel Latorre.

The band has more than 10 years in brazilian musical scene and participated of the most important local Blues and Jazz festivals.  HG performs often at main music halls, restaurants, bars and clubs in São Paulo.  Also performed at special corporative and privet events for companies like Kraft Foods, Oji Papers, Caltabiano, Casa do Saber,  Radio Eldorado/Estado de São Paulo Group, Land Rover, Fundação Dom Cabral, Vogue Brasil, Shopping Higienópolis, Firmenich, Banco Volkswagen, Chiaparini & Bastos, Ernst & Young, FAAP (Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado), Livraria Saraiva, Viacom do Brasil, HP, Odfjell, Honda, Accor, SPFW, Goose Island, and many more.

The album FUNKTASTIC was released in 2017 with a tour around Europe:  Holland, Danmark, Germany and Poland, performing in main clubs like Blue Note Pòznan, Jazzy Berlin and Birdland Hamburg.

In 2018 Hammond Grooves was in the linup for the 10th Auvernier Jazz Festival in Switzerland and Hammond Organ Festival in Kielce during a sucessful Poland tour.

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