Organissimo

Formed in November 2000, Organissimo aims to reconnect jazz with a broad audience. Their music blends styles like funk, gospel, blues, progressive rock, and Latin rhythms over a jazz foundation. At the Cliff Bell’s show, you could see a mixed crowd—young and old from all walks of life—both dancing and listening closely to the group’s dynamic grooves and melodic finesse. As critic Elvis Mitchell noted, their strong, muscular playing held the crowd’s full attention, silencing typical chatter.