Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
Friday, February 14, 2025
7:30 pm — Alaska Centennial Center for the Arts
Sponsored by Jack & Carol Wilbur, Northern Alaska Tour Company, Usibelli Foundation, and Westmark Fairbanks Hotel and Conference Center
The Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio — or as it is sometimes referred to, DLO3 — specializes in the art of feel-good music.
The ingredients of this intoxicating cocktail include a big helping of the 1960s organ jazz stylings of Jimmy Smith and Baby Face Willette; a pinch of the snappy soul strut of Booker T. & The M.G.’s and The Meters; and sprinkles of Motown, Stax Records, blues, and cosmic Jimi Hendrix-style guitar.
It’s a soul-jazz concoction that goes straight to your heart and head and makes your body break out in a sweat. Live, the band’s fiery and intuitive chemistry is unstoppable, brimming with improvisation, instant composition, imaginative takes on classic tunes, and a booty-shaking back catalog of soulful gems.
This performance is part of the Bill Stroecker Jazz Series.
Subscription ticket: $45
Individual ticket: $50
*Individual ticket prices include $3 outlet fee per ticket.
**Youth, seniors, and military service members are eligible for a $5 discount
on each ticket, available at checkout.
“It’s difficult to describe the perfect, lilting quality of this music — not flashy and outlandish, but certainly not so pleasant as to be forgettable. It’s a simple, stripped-down sound that sticks to the ribs because it does exactly what’s necessary to soothe the soul.”
— Downbeat
“It’s impossible to keep from instantly tapping your feet along with the heavy funk”
— American Songwriter