Keith Augeri - Drums
Keith Augeri has been playing drums for 40 years, over 25 of them professionally. His career in the Boston area began with a jazz/rock trio (Jay Laurino trio) which toured Boston's North Shore area & surrounding Tri-State area in the 1990's.
This band blended jazz elements with those of ska, reggae, & rock, heavily influenced by groups such as the Police, Steely Dan, & Tower of Power, Genesis. During the same time Keith explored his love of jazz, & the "Great American Songbook" music; Gershwin, Porter, Basie, Ellington, Strayhorn, with pianist Barry Silverman in a acoustic jazz trio. He also has worked with Gary Cherone ( former "Extreme" front man) in "Houndstooth" a jazz trio that performed in Boston, most notabley at an AIDS awreness event sponsored by Rick Springfield. This group also recorded the title track for a local release entitled "Dream On" which was a tribute to Aerosmith, covering that bands' signature song.
Another area of particular interest for Keith has been Latin & Cuban music, absorbing the week long intensive study "Salsa Meets Jazz" At Goddard College, in Vermont back in 2001. The celebrated pianist Eddie Palmieri and his octet provided instruction "Plena, Bomba, & Timba" rhythms, with predominate clave-based patterns, and where Kieth had a chance to study with Dafnis Priesto, who is now a well NYC fixture and award-winning musician. Another area that he has been exploring is Indian classical music, and spent time studying with Boston's tabla master Jerry Leake.
Keith has written articles for the on-line web site Guitar Jams.com which offer a drummer's perspective on various musical topics, as well as music reviews of live performances, and musical releases.
Keith still plays in the Boston area, subbing in a Tower Of Power tribute band Manchuka, as well as various recording projects. These include a acoustic trio "North of Bossa" which performs the music of Brazil, with the focus on Jobim, and other Brazilian flamenco stylings. His most recent project is TSK, which is a fusion instrumental trio, which has performed at NAMMS 2016 "Bassfest" at JD Schmidt's Brewery in Anaheim CA.
