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Gary Versace Since basing himself in New York City in June of 2002, jazz organist, pianist, and accordionist Gary Versace has often been featured in bands led by musicians such as John Scofield, John Abercrombie, Maria Schneider, Matt Wilson, Lee Konitz, Eliot Zigmund, Scott Wendholt, Joe Magnarelli, Danny Gottlieb, Seamus Blake, John Hollenbeck, Andy LaVerne, Adam Nussbaum, Brad Shepik, Ingrid Jensen, Tim Ries and many others.   Versace has been a featured soloist on several critically acclaimed recordings of recent years: accordionist on Maria Schneider's Grammy-winning recordings "Concert in the Garden" and "Sky Blue" and as the pianist on John Hollenbeck's Grammy-nominated large ensemble recording, "A Blessing." Over the past five years, Versace has appeared as a leader for the Criss Cross and SteepleChase labels, and as a sideman on various recordings.   As a pianist, Versace performed in a two-piano recital with Marian McPartland, and in April of 1999 appeared on her acclaimed National Public Radio program, "Piano Jazz." McPartland has called him "...endlessly inventive...(Versace) really has an extraordinary talent."   Gary Versace has a masters degree in music performance from the Eastman School of Music, and spent eight years as a tenured associate professor in the jazz studies department at the University of Oregon. He remains active as a clinician and guest soloist both nationally and around the world.

contact:	gversaces@yahoo.com
homepage:	www.garyversace.com
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NY3 OA2 22008 recorded November 2001 in New York City/USA	Christian Eckert, guitar Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Matt Jorgensen, drums
Now As Then Justin Time JTR 8499-2 recorded May 2002 Clinton, NJ/USA	Ingrid Jensen, soprano sax, alto sax, trumpet, flugelhorn Steve Wilson, alto sax, alto flute Seamus Blake, tenor sax Gary Versace, Hammond organ Jon Wikan, drums
So Long 2nd Street ACT ACT 9431-2 recorded 2002 and 2004 in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Joel Harrison, guitar, vocals David Binney, sax Rob Burger, organ Uri Caine, piano Gary Versace, accordion, organ, piano Stephan Crump, bass Todd Isler, frame drum, hadgini, percussion Dan Weiss, drums Total Praise, vocals
Time And Again SteepleChase SCCD 31572 recorded December 2004 in USA	Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ John Abercrombie, guitar Rich Perry, tenor sax Billy Hart, drums
Bazaar ZOHO ZM 200613 recorded November 2001 in New York/USA	Rez Abbasi, guitar, sitar, percussion Gary Versace, Hammond organ Danny Weiss, drums, tabla Kiran Ahluwalia, Indian vocals Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto sax Marc Mommaas, soprano sax, tenor sax Gautam Siram, hand drum
Organic-Lee SteepleChase SCCD 31559 recorded January 2006	Lee Konitz, alto sax Gary Versace, organ
Many Places SteepleChase SCCD 31572 recorded April 2005	Gary Versace, organ Dick Oatts, saxes Matt Wilson, drums
On Another Day SteepleChase SCCD 31587 recorded April 2005	Ari Ambrose, tenor sax Joe Magnarelli, trumpet Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Mark Ferber, drums
Intelligent Design SteepleChase SCCD 31618 recorded January 2006	Andy LaVerne, piano Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Danny Gottlieb, drums
The Target Palmetto Records PM2125 recorded in Buck's County, PA/USA	Kate McGarry, vocals Donny McCaslin, tenor sax, vocals Keith Ganz, guitar, vocals Gary Versace, organ, piano, accordion, vocals Reuben Rogers, bass, vocals Gregory Hutchinson, drums, vocals Theo Blackman, voice
Standards Kind Of Blue Records KOB 10023 recorded February 2007	Jerry Bergonzi, tenor sax John Abercrombie, guitar Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Adam Nussbaum, drums
Outside In Criss Cross Criss 1298 CD recorded April 2007 in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Donny McCaslin, soprano sax, tenor sax Adam Rogers, guitar Clarence Penn, drums
Live At Louis 649 Anzic Records ANZ-3001 recorded live 27 & 28 August 2007 at Louis 649 in New York City/USA	Eli Degibri, soprano sax, tenor sax Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Obed Calvaire, drums
If Less Is More... Nothing Is Everything Palmetto Records PM2135 recorded December 2007 to January 2008 in Buck's County, PA/USA	Kate McGarry, vocals Donny McCaslin, sax Keith Ganz, guitar Gary Versace, organ, piano, accordion John Lawry, violin, vocals Reuben Rogers, bass Clarence Penn, drums, percussion Peter Eldridge, percussion, vocals
Nuttree Quartet live in Stockholm 2008 bootleg recorded live 01 April 2008 at Jazzklubb Fasching, Stockholm/Sweden	Jerry Bergonzi, sax John Abercrombie, guitar Gary Versace, organ Adam Nussbaum, drums
Uptown Posi-Tone Records 8056 recorded in New York City/USA	Wayne Escoffery, sax Avi Rothbard, guitar Gary Versace, organ Noah Baerman, piano Jason Brown, drums
At The Kitano Vol. 1 SteepleChase SCCD 31654 recorded live November/December 2007 at the Kitano Hotel in New York, NY/USA	Andy LaVerne, piano Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Anthony Pinciotti, drums
Human Activity Suite Songlines Recordings SGL SA1576-2 recorded June 2008 in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Brad Shepik, guitar, saz, tamboura Ralph Alessi, trumpet Gary Versace, accordion, organ, piano Drew Gress, bass Tom Rainey, drums
Winter Fruits Pirouet Records PIT 3042 recorded June 2008 in Bennett Studios, NJ/USA	Loren Stillman, alto sax Nate Radley, guitar Gary Versace, organ Ted Poor, drums
The Point Of The Moon Consolidated Artists Productions CAP1024 recorded April 2010 in Brooklyn, NY/USA	Falkner Evans, piano Greg Tardy, tenor sax Ron Horton, trumpet Gary Versace, organ, accordion Belden Bullock, bass Matt Wilson, drums
Girl Talk Palmetto Records PM2157 recorded in New York City and Durham, NC/USA	Kate McGarry, vocals Keith Ganz, guitars Gary Versace, organ, piano Reuben Rogers, bass Clarence Penn, dums, percussion Kurt Elling, vocals
Live At Newport 2012 LiveJazzLounge recorded live 04 August 2012 at Newport Jazz Festival	John Ellis, tenor sax Alan Ferber, trombone Matt Perrine, sousaphone Gary Versace, organ, accordion Jason Marsalis, drums
Songs I Like A Lot Sunnyside SSC 1339 recorded in Frankfurt, M/Germany	John Hollenbeck, conductor, percussion Frankfurt Radio Big Band Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, soprano sax, alto sax, flute Julian Argüelles, soprano sax, tenor sax, flute Steffen Weber, soprano sax, tenor sax, flute Oliver Leicht, alto sax, clarinet, alto clarinet, flute Rainer Heute, bass sax, bass clarinet Günter Bollmann, trombone Peter Feil, trombone Christian Jaksjø, tenor horn, trombone Manfred Honetschläger, bass trombone Alex Schlosser, trumpet, flugelhorn Frank Wellert, trumpet, flugelhorn Martin Auer, trumpet, flugelhorn Thomas Vogel, trumpet, flugelhorn Martin Scales, guitar Gary Versace, piano, organ Thomas Heidepriem, bass Jean Paul Höchstädter, drums Kate McGarry, vocals Theo Bleckmann, vocals
Organique SteepleChase SCCD31805 recorded February 2015	Rich Perry, tenor sax Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Jeff Hirshfield, drums
I Want To Hold Your Hand - At The Kitano Vol. 3 SteepleChase SCCD 31803 recorded live November/December 2007 at the Kitano Hotel in New York, NY/USA	Andy LaVerne, piano Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Anthony Pinciotti, drums
Charm Parade Light Records PL002 recorded August 2014 in New Orleans, LA/USA	John Ellis, tenor sax, clarinet Alan Ferber, trombone Matt Perrine, sousaphone Gary Versace, organ, accordion, piano Jason Marsalis, drums, cymbals
Being The Point Intuition Records INTCHR71313 recorded August 2014 in Paramus, NJ/USA	Ray Anderson, trombone, vocals Steve Salerno, guitar Gary Versace, organ Tommy Campbell, drums
Top Down JLC Records recorded July &December 2015 in USA	Brad Shepik, guitar Gary Versace, organ Mark Ferber, drums
Willisau Live hatOLOGY 741 recorded live August 2015 in Willisau/Switzerland	Ellery Eskelin, tenor sax Gary Versace, Hammond organ Gerry Hemingway, drums
The Subject Tonight Is Love Binxtown Records recorded May 2017 in Durham, NC/USA	Kate McGarry, vocals Keith Ganz, guitar, bass Gary Versace, organ, piano, accordion
Light Blue Laika records 3510357.2 recorded April 2017 in Pipersville, PA/USA	Martin Wind, upright bass, acoustic bass guitar Ingrid Jensen, trumpet Scott Robinson, saxophones, clarinet, taragota Anat Cohen, clarinet Gary Versace, organ, piano Bill Cunliffe, piano Maucha Adnet, vocals Matt Wilson, drums Duduka Da Fonseca, drums
Act Three SteepleChase SCCD 31885 recorded December 2018	John Hart, guitar Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Andy Watson, drums
Songs You Like A Lot Flexatonic Records Flex 001 recorded August 2020 at Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt, Main/Germany	John Hollenbeck, conductor Frankfurt Radio Big Band Ben Kraef, soprano sax, tenor sax, flute Oliver Leicht, soprano sax, alto sax, clarinet, flute Heinz-Dieter Sauerborn, soprano sax, alto sax, clarinet, flute Steffen Weber, soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet, flute, alto flute Rainer Heute, baritone sax, bass sax, clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, flute Shannon Barnett, trombone Felix Fromm, trombone Christian Jaksjø, trombone Manfred Honetschläger, bass trombone Martin Auer, trumpet, flugelhorn Axel Schlosser, trumpet, flugelhorn Thomas Vogel, trumpet, flugelhorn Frank Wellert, trumpet, flugelhorn Martin Scales, guitar Gary Versace, organ, piano Hans Glawischnig, bass Jean Paul Höchstädter, drums Claus Kießelbach, percussion Theo Bleckmann, vocals Kate McGarry, vocals
What To Wear In The Dark Resilience Music RMA 015	Kate McGarry, voice Ron Miles, cornet Keith Ganz, guitar, bass Gary Versace, piano, organ, accordion Michelle Willis, wurlitzer, vocals Sean Smith, bass Clarence Penn, drums Obed Calvaire, drums Christian Euman, drums James Shipp, percussion Erin Bentlage, vocals Becca Stevens, vocals, charango
Air Laika Records 35104012	Martin Wind, bass Gregg August, bass Jordan Frazier, bass Sam Suggs, bass Gary Versace, piano, organ, accordion Matt Wilson, drums, percussion Lenny White, drums
Anthem Of Unity HighNote 7348 recorded November 2022 in Woodstock, NY/USA	Joel Harrison, guitar Gregory Tardy, tenor sax Gary Versace, organ Jack DeJohnette, drums
Satisfied Springtime Jazz recorded July 2023 in Paramus, NJ/USA	John Basile, guitar Gary Versace, Hammond B-3 organ Carmen Intorre, drums
When The Night PJCE Records PJCER 058 recorded May 2023 in Paramus, NJ/USA	Dan Balmer, guitar Gary Versace, organ Rudy Royston, drums
Covers Meistero Music recorded February 2024 in Paramus, NJ and April 2024 in Beacon, NY/USA	Ed Neumeister, trombone Billy Drewes, soprano sax, bass clarinet Caroline Davis, alto sax, flute Ingrid Laubrock, tenor sax Gary Versace, organ, piano Cameron Brown, bass Drew Gress, bass Tom Rainey, drums

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