Brian Citro Organ Trio

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$15 (General Admission) 7:30pm Show Get Tickets The Brian Citro Organ Trio performs Citro’s compositions and music by Pat Metheny, Frank Ocean, Todd Rundgren, Carole King, and others. Band Members: Brian Citro - Guitar Tom Vaitsas - Piano Peter Mack - Drums ⊹ “Citro's music rarely sounds like anyone's but his own… As keen as he is to provide vehicles for [himself] and his colleagues to express themselves, he's no less interested in the craft of writing, and the album includes a goodly number of earworms.” - Textura ⊹ A 2025 City of Chicago Individual Artist Program awardee, Brian Citro has been playing and writing music for 35 years. His new album, Keep Moving (Home) , on Calligram Records features his “lyrical yet modern guitar playing” (Fareed Haque) on 14 original compositions. Paris Move praised the album, saying “there is something undeniably human in the music: a warmth, a sense of intimacy…” Jazz pianist and organist Tom Vaitsas is a first-call veteran of the Chicago music scene. A former sideman for legendary saxophonist Von Freeman, he has toured worldwide with blues legends