Bruce Katz Band – Sportsmens
Sportsmens presents
Bruce Katz Band
Sunday, November 23, 2025 $20.00
3pm Doors, 5pm Show
Bruce Katz is a legendary keyboardist (Hammond B3 and pi- ano) who has released 12 CDs as a leader and has appeared on nearly 80 other CDs with the likes of John Hammond, Del- bert McClinton, Ronnie Earl, Butch Trucks, Duke Robillard, Lit- tle Milton, Joe Louis Walker, Arlen Roth, David “Fathead” Newman, and many, many others.
He has also had a strong musical connection with the Allman Brothers Band, having been a member of Gregg Allman’s band for six years (2007-2013), Jaimoe’s Jasssz Band (2010-2015),
Butch Trucks’ Freight Train Band (2015-2017) and Les Brers. Bruce also occasionally toured with the Allman Brothers as well.
He is a seven time BMA nominee (2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021) for the “Pinetop Perkins Piano Player of the Year” award, which is the equivalent of the “Blues Grammys”. He was also nominat- ed by Living Blues Magazine for “Outstanding Musician (Keyboard)” award in 2015, 2019 and 2024. He won the 2019 BMA for “Best Acoustic Album” for “Journeys to the Heart of the Blues”, recorded with Joe Louis Walker and Giles Robson and was nominated for “Acoustic Album of the Year”award for “Solo Ride”, his solo piano CD. His most recent albums include “Back In Boston Live”, a live album recorded in March, 2024, “Connections”, recorded at Capricorn Studios in Macon,
GA, released in April, 2023 and his critically acclaimed solo piano CD, “Solo Ride” (Dancing Rooster) in August of 2019. “Connections” has received critical acclaim and has been in the top of the worldwide ra- dio charts as well.
The Bruce Katz Band is an original, very exciting group of musicians that combine Blues, “soul-jazz”, New Orleans inspired roots music and “jam/blues”. Based in Woodstock, NY, Bruce Katz occupies a unique space where blues and the many aspects of Americana music collide into a style of original music all his own. The band has a trademark sound, blending the B3 organ and guitar in unique and inventive ways.