Brian Charette

Brian Charette is an American jazz organist and pianist, one of the most highly regarded Hammond B3 players of his generation. Born in 1972 in Meriden, Connecticut, he was playing with masters such as Lou Donaldson and Houston Person by his late teens, and after graduating from the University of Connecticut he settled in New York in 1994. A regular near the top of the DownBeat Critics Poll, he leads his own organ trio and quartet and has recorded prolifically as a leader. Beyond jazz he has worked with a wide range of artists and is also active as a writer and educator.