The TOaG Quartet - Grey and Green (2018)

Debut EP of the Oakland based modern jazz quartet, recorded live at Airship Laboratories

With Ricky Carter on drums, David Wright on guitar, Matt Kelly on trumpet, and Benjamin Lee on upright and electric bass, the T.O.a.G. Quartet is an Oakland based musical organization inspired by the many lineages of jazz and groove. Dedicated to producing exciting improvisational music, supporting arts education, and paying artists a living wage, we hope to spark the mind, and move the spirit.

1. Devil's Breath Part 2 10:46

2. Sutro 07:02

3. Grey and Green 04:01

4. Mountain Pass 07:43

5. Little Known and Not Long Remembered 07:12

Ricky Carter - Drums

DV Wright - Guitar, Live Effects

Matt Kelly - Trumpet

Benjamin Lee - Upright and Electric Bass, Sampler

Produced by: Benjamin Lee

Recorded at: Airship Laboratories, Richmond, CA

Recorded and Mixed by: Neil Godbole

Phonograph Team Project - Peoples (2018)

This album will be Officially released April 27th. It's being released a week early on bandcamp! 

Peoples, the third album release from Phonograph Team Project is their strongest, most unique, engaging and captivating release yet! Incorporating elements of all the music they have individually been influenced by, “Peoples” is indeed a true collaboration. Phonograph Team Project has found their voice!.

1. Springer 05:03

2. Zeroing In 04:36

3. The Exit 06:02

4. 2:30 05:12

5. The Romance 07:12

6. Fine Time 04:45

7. Where Have I Been 06:49

8. Peoples 06:05

9. Bicycle 04:17

Rob Glass – Bass

Gianluca Grasso – Piano / Keyboards / Synthesisers

Tommaso Monopoli – Drums

DV Wright – Guitar

Mixed and Mastered by Don Kennedy (conceptDIGITAL)

Produced by Phonograph Team Project and Don Kennedy

Album artwork by Tommaso Monopoli.

Album Photo by Adam Krowitz on Unsplash.

“Phonograph Team Project” begun as a collaboration between Guitarist David Wright (California, US), Drummer Tommaso Monopoli (Rome, Italy) and Pianist Gianluca Grasso (Italy) who initially met online via a social networking site for musicians, they were later joined by Bassist Rob Glass (Vancouver BC, Canada) to round out the quartet.

DV Wright - Passage (2018)

The last several years have been very exciting, productive and busy for Dave. He is an active member of two active groups and is involved in several new album releases! Including a release due out in 2018 which was recorded at the famed Fantasy recording studios in Berkeley CA.

His latest “solo” release, Passage is an eclectic mix of “Jazz”, including Vocals, Modal, Latin Jazz, ECM and Modern. He thinks it’s his best effort yet!

This follows on the heals of his past release, a traditional jazz/latin release “Warmin’ Up” which you can check out and is doing great streaming on Pandora!

Other recent releases include several groups Dave is a member of including Phonograph Team Project, Morph, which received a glowing review from AllAboutJazz. “Phonograph Team Project has knocked one out right out of the park with Morph” – Tyran Grillo (All About Jazz)

Also, the Oakland California based, Orbital Quintet just released their debut album, Vol. 1 with very positive results.

Other notable releases include the now defunct “Cache”, Cache was an ongoing top recommended pick of CDBaby editors Cachet.

On the local gig front Dave has been really lucky to have been involved in recent underground jazz scene at “Berkeley Birdland Jazzista Social Club” in Berkeley California. With fellow musicians Eric Allen and Paul Lynch, drums and bass respectively, Dave was a core member of this original group and helped launched this bit of Berkeley lore. He is very thankful to have benefitted from weekly performances here for several years!

From his initial early training on classical guitar and his early pianistic attempts of trying copy Keith Jarrett (Koln Concert), “I would get inspired and sit at the piano and try to play and emulate the feeling of the “Koln” concerts”.

To his time spent living in Vermont, Boston, Chicago, New York playing everything from Hip Hop to Rock, backing singer-songwriters and being present in musical theatre orchestras, To his years spent playing and learning jazz, absorbing and appreciating the many sub genres of Jazz. Including Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Pat Metheny, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green and Wes Montgomery. (To this day, in his appreciation of Wes Montgomery and Kevin Eubanks, Dave employs the use of his thumb and fingers exclusively, in place of a ‘pick’)

So although being a late bloomer, getting a late start in music at age 15, Dave is having more fun than ever and is finally able to combine his many varied musical influences into a cohesive end result and is very excited about what lies ahead!

1. Passage 07:14

2. Everyday Day 06:38

3. 50 Minutes 05:39

4. Let It Go 05:07

5. LM 05:28

6. Movie Haircut 04:02

7. Satet 04:54

8. Snorah 03:12

Passage

Alice Leony - Vocals

Tommaso Monopoli - Drums

Reggie Bouffard - Piano

DV Wright - Guitar, Electric Upright Bass

Everyday Day

Gabro - Piano

Raul Rodriguez – Drums, Percussion

Jacob Munk Nielsen - Tenor Sax

Daniel Swain - Electric Bass

DV Wright – Guitar

50 Minutes

Ron Adams – Upright Bass

Gabro - Piano

Tommaso Monopoli - Drums

DV Wright – Guitar

Let It Go

Ron Adams – Upright Bass

Gabro - Piano

Raul Rodriguez – Drums, Percussion

DV Wright – Guitar

LM

Ron Adams – Upright Bass

Gabro - Piano

Roberto Rabosio - Drums

DV Wright – Guitar

Movie Haircut

Ron Adams – Upright Bass

Tommaso Monopoli - Drums

DV Wright – Guitar

Marcelo Zallio - Piano

Satet

Ron Adams – Upright Bass

Tommaso Monopoli - Drums

DV Wright – Guitar

Marcelo Zallio - Piano

Snorah

Rob Glass - Electric Bass

Tommaso Monopoli - Drums

DV Wright – Guitar