MO E ALL-STARS: "GROOVE SUITES" ALBUM RELEASE

Mo E All-Stars: Groove Suites
Album Release Party
w/ Owen Ragland’s Late Night
August 27, 2017
4pm
No Cover
(pay what you like)
Taking inspiration from a variety of sources Mo E All-Stars have created a unique sound around the originals,
reworks and arrangements of pianist Mo Egeston. Since his days with the pioneering live house/electronic
project Urban Jazz Naturals, Egeston’s original music has featured influences of jazz, soul, Latin, funk and all
things electronic including deep house, nujazz and drum and bass. Essentially taking familiar dance and lounge
elements and using them as a starting place for organic groove based compositions.
On August 27 at the Dark Room at the Grandel, Mo E All-Stars will celebrate the release of their debut EP
Groove Suites Vol. 1. Groove Suites features 8 original instrumental works composed by Egeston and inspired
by the abilities and playing styles of original members Duane “Jingo” Williams and Grover Stewart Jr. Egeston
typically writes from the piano first but often creates groove templates in the studio. He then relies on Stewart
(drums) and Williams (percussion) to breathe life into these machine generated grooves. The addition of
bassist Eric “Snoopy” Tyler in 2015 allowed the band to fully recreate Mo’s ideas in a live setting.
The All-Stars developed primarily through residencies at Lola and the Delmar Lounge. To capture the essence
of the band’s sound the bulk of the EP was recorded live at Sawhorse Studios in one 4-hour session. Subsequent
production work was done by Mo in his home studio, followed by mixing, mastering and additional production
work by Jason McEntire.
For the release event an opening set (5P) will be performed by Owen Ragland and his band Late Night.
Ragland studies piano with Mo and is a member of the Far Fetched collective.
After the opening set by Late Night, the band will play the EP followed by a “party set” of live house, modern
soul and drum and bass. Special guests for the second set will include Paige Alyssa, Jessica Butler and Mario
Pascal and very likely longtime friend and collaborator CocoSoul.
The Band:
Eric “Snoopy” Tyler- bass guitar
Duane Williams- percussion
Grover Stewart Jr.- drums
Maurice “Mo” Egeston- piano, Rhodes, synthesizers