Bruce Katz

Bruce Katz is a legendary keyboardist (Hammond B3 and piano) who has released 12

CDs as a leader and has appeared on over 80 other CDs with the likes of John

Hammond, Delbert McClinton, Ronnie Earl, Butch Trucks, Arlen Roth, Duke Robillard,

Little Milton, Mighty Sam McClain, Joe Louis Walker, 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’s 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”. His solo piano recording “Solo Ride” was a BMA nominee for “Acoustic

Album of the Year” in 2020. He was also nominated 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. BluesBlast magazine also honored him with a

“Best Piano Player” nomination and “Best Contemporary Blues Album” nomination in

2023.

Bruce is an educator as well as a performer. He was an Associate Professor at the

prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston for fourteen years. While at Berklee he

taught Hammond B3 labs, private lessons, Harmony and Blues History. He received a

Master’s Degree in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music.

He has also released educational DVDs and taught clinics and master classes around

the world.

Bruce maintains an active touring schedule with the Bruce Katz Band, playing

throughout the U.S. and Europe and continues to teach lessons, master classes and

clinics.

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