The Deep Blue Organ Trio is a Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

 based jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 organ trio

Organ trio

An organ trio, in a jazz context, is a group of three jazz musicians, typically consisting of a Hammond organ player, a drummer, and either a jazz guitarist or a saxophone player. In some cases the saxophonist will join a trio which consists of an organist, guitarist, and drummer, making it a quartet...

 made up of jazz guitarist

Jazz guitarist

Jazz guitarists are guitar players who play jazz music on the guitar using an approach to playing chords, melodies, and improvised solo lines which is called jazz guitar playing. The guitar has fulfilled the roles of accompanist and soloist in small and large ensembles and also as an unaccompanied...

 Bobby Broom

Bobby Broom

Bobby Broom , birthname Robert Broom, Jr., is an American jazz guitarist, composer and educator born and raised in New York City. Broom performs and records with jazz saxophone legend Sonny Rollins as well as his Bobby Broom Trio and the Deep Blue Organ Trio...

, Hammond B3 organist

Organist

An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumental soloists...

 Chris Foreman

Chris Foreman (organist)

Chris Foreman is a Chicago-based organist and pianist. He has been recorded with the Deep Blue Organ Trio and the Kimberly Gordon Trio and appears in a BT Productions video titled "Funk on the B-3". Foreman appears regularly at the Green Mill.-Sources:...

 and drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

 Greg Rockingham. In their individual careers they have performed and recorded with many prominent musicians in the field of jazz and blues.

Although they have been playing together since 1992, they officially formed this co-led group in 2000 and have recorded four albums, two for Delmark Records

Delmark Records

Delmark Records is an independent American jazz and blues record label, based in Chicago since 1958. The label originated in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1953 when owner Bob Koester released a recording of the Windy City Six, a traditional jazz group, under the "Delmar" imprint.-History:Born in 1932 in...

 in 2004 and 2006 and two for Origin Records, one in 2007 and one in 2011. While the trio displays elements of the soul jazz

Soul jazz

Soul jazz is a development of jazz incorporating strong influences from blues, soul, gospel and rhythm and blues in music for small groups, often an organ trio featuring a Hammond organ.- Overview :Soul jazz is often associated with hard bop. Mark C...

 and hard bop styles of jazz, they have also been known to utilize blues music as well as the rhythm & blues and funk music mediums in their music.

Discography

• Deep Blue Bruise (Delmark Records, 2004)
• Goin' to Town:Live at the Green Mill (Delmark Records, 2006)
• Folk Music (Origin Records, 2007)
• Wonderful!' (Origin Records, 2011)