Pat Georger
Piano
Pat has been performing, recording and composing for over thirty years. From jazz-rock fusion to R&B, to Latin-Jazz and everything in between, Pat's played it all. The son of a jazz musician and former music store owner, music runs thick through the veins of the Georger clan. Pat was introduced at an early age to a heavy diet of Bill Evans, Paul Desmond, Stan Getz, Cannon Ball Adderly, Oscar Peterson, and many others. His notable performances and recordings include dates with John Patitucci, Ronnie Laws, Regina Carter, Dave Valentin, Alex Acuna, Othello Molineaux, Kenwood Dennard, Humberto Ramirez, William Cepeda, Johnny Lytle, Joe Romano, Roy Hargrove, Chris Tedesco, Sherman Robertson, Jimmy Griswold and Clay Aiken, as well as a number of local recordings. In 1993 Pat won Best R&B Keyboardist at the Nightlife Buffalo Music Awards. While a founding member of Wendell Rivera's Latin Jazz Ensemble-- (www.wendellrivera.com), Pat recorded 5 CD’s with various lineups of the band between 1995 and 2009. Pat most recently performs with J.J. SWING (www.jjswing.com), The Vincent James Explosion (VJX), The Dale Toliver Band, Dave Stockton’s “Pocket Change”, Maria Aurigema, The Joe Mahfoud Band, Decent Exposure and is former owner/president of Hamburg Music Center.