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Pat Bianchi

Pat Bianchi is a Hammond B-3 organist, bandleader, radio host, and educator whose leader groups connect organ-trio tradition with contemporary writing.

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Career Overview

About Pat Bianchi

Bianchi’s official biography identifies Hammond organ as the center of his work and traces his development from Rochester through Berklee, Denver, and New York. It separates his own trio leadership from long associations with Pat Martino, Lou Donaldson, and other bandleaders.[1]

His recording pages document nine albums as a leader and changing organ-group instrumentation. Something to Say uses guitar, drums, and guest saxophone for Stevie Wonder repertoire, while Three replaces guitar with saxophone in a compact organ trio.[1][2][3]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader and Hammond B-3 organist

Pat Bianchi Trio

Bianchi’s central leader format uses organ with drums and either guitar or saxophone, allowing repertoire and ensemble color to change between recordings.[1][2]

Organist

Pat Martino and Lou Donaldson groups

The official biography distinguishes Bianchi’s substantial touring work with Martino and Donaldson from his own leader catalog.[1]

Radio host and organ specialist

Organized on SiriusXM

Bianchi hosts a weekly program devoted to the organ tradition alongside his performing and Berklee teaching work.[1]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2015

Back Home

Leader and Hammond B-3 organist

The artist-authorized edition documents Bianchi’s organ-led group in a leader program available with complete streaming.[3]

Release details

2021 · Savant Records

Something to Say: The Music of Stevie Wonder

Leader, organist, and arranger

Bianchi leads Paul Bollenback, Byron Landham, and Wayne Escoffery through an organ-group program devoted to Stevie Wonder’s music.[2]

Release details

2024 · 21H Records

Three

Trio leader and organist

The trio recording places Bianchi with saxophonist Troy Roberts and drummer Colin Stranahan in standards and extended improvisation.[2][3]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official Bandcamp catalog

Stream Bianchi’s organ-led albums and current artist-authorized releases with full credits.

Official media archive

Watch and hear Bianchi’s trio and collaborative performances through his artist site.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

No current Jazz DateBook dates are listed for Pat Bianchi. The career guide remains available while the calendar changes.

Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and ensemble history

    Pat Bianchi

  2. [2] Official selected recording guide

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  3. [3] Artist-authorized leader catalog

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