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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Mo Egeston- Live Deep House Tonight; mo E trio live @ Lola Sunday

 Greetings, 
 
Tonight- Saturday March 27 UG Project returns to Lola in the down St. Louis loft district.  This Sunday March 28  the brand new mo E trio returns to Lola for brunch.  11-2
 
To see You Tube videos of these groups in action please follow the link below. Thanks to John Evans Jr. for capturing the footage.
 

Read on for info about the groups.
 
Peace, 
 
Maurice "Mo" Egeston
Pianist, Producer and Educator


 
Urban Groov Project appears at least once a month at Lola in the Downtown St. Louis Loft district. UG Project is essentially a live mash up of deep house, soul, Latin and jazz.
 
Strong emphasis is placed on mixing spontaneous improvisations with original MIDI sequences that are manipulated live. Add horns, soulful vocals, jazz influenced keyboard voicings and live percussion and you have UG Project.
 
This week we are joined by Mr. C Jay Conrod on vocals.
 
Featuring DJ Nune (L. Harris)- Brass, Beats, Vocals and Keys.
Duane "Jingo" Williams- percussion
Maurice "Mo" Egeston (mo E trio, Brothers Lazaroff, the Soul Alliance feat. CocoSoul formerly of mo & dawn and UJN)- keys and beats. 
 

Mo Egeston Presents the Mo E Trio Live @ Lola. Best known for his role as a band leader pianist Mo Egeston is stepping out front and leading his own trio in 2010

Using influences from all the projects he plays in (the Soul Alliance, UG Project and Brothers Lazaroff) as well as his own interest in combining soul, jazz and electronic influences the Mo E Trio will seek to redefine traditional expectations.

This week the Mo E Trio will feature Grover Stewart on drums and Teddy Brookins on bass. Soul-jazz, bossa, ambient house, drum and bass and original music will be explored.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Mo Egeston's Music Updates- UG Project Tonight; Brunch Sunday with CocoSoul

Greetings, 


I'm happy to announce The Mo Egeston Presents Sunday Brunch Series at Lola will continue through April.  See the flyer below for dates.

Tonight (Saturday 13) come get your groove on with UG Project at Lola in the downtown St. Louis loft district.  We will be joined on vocals by C Jay Conrod.  UGP also features DJ Nune on brass, beats, keys and vocals Duane "Jingo" Williams on percussion and Maurice "Mo" Egeston on keys and beats.  Live deep and soulful house.

In all my years of gigging I have not seen a room as diverse as our last UGP show.  It was a glimpse of what St. Louis could and should be.  Join us wont you?  ugproject.com

www.youtube.com/user/movideoprojects- for some recent mo E trio and UG Projectlive clips

This Sunday (14)  for brunch I will be joined by the Soul Alliance Trio featuring the incomparable CocoSoul.  Reservations are recommended.  11-2.  We will do some downtempo house, r & b, jazz and soul.  Sean Holland joins me on bass and we will do some mo E style jazz and beats for the first hour.  Coco hits the stage at noon.

Finally Brothers Lazaroff is heading back to Austin for South By Southwest.  Soooo excited!  More on that soon.

Peace,

Maurice "Mo" Egeston

Friday, March 5, 2010

Introducing the Mo E Trio

mo E trio- a Journey in Sound Soul & Groove





From the start of his performing career in the mid 90s Maurice
“Mo” Egeston has made a mark in the St. Louis region as a leader of innovative and
popular bands. His early study of classical piano brought him to
graduate work at SIU-E. It was while completing his Master's that Mo
began exploring styles of music beyond the classical tradition.


Since then, all of his projects including Vargas Swing, the Soul Alliance featuring CocoSoul, Urban Jazz Naturals and mo & dawn have seen Mo combine his musical talent and formal
training with an ability to lead and run successful groups.


In 2010 Mo Egeston is returning to his roots as a pianist by fronting his own group- the
mo E trio
The Trio combines influences from all the projects Mo currently performs in (UG Project, the Soul Alliance, and Brothers Lazaroff) with his own interest in soul, jazz and electronic
influences.  The resulting sound is a groove based experience
that seeks to redefine traditional expectations. 



(Thanks to John Evans Jr. for much of the video and photography)


Drummer Grover Stewart and bassist Teddy Brookins join Mo on this journey. Styles referenced include soul, jazz, bossa, r & b, organic house grooves and drum and bass but no genre is considered off limits. Originals, jazz standards, pop music and neo-soul melodies will all be a part of the Mo E Trio sound.  A sound which easily slides from deep lounge ambiance to center stage funk grooves. At times guest artists will be part of the experience but the sound starts with Mo, Grover and Ted.

mo E trio-always diverse and improvisational with a definite focus on the tap of the toe and the nod of the head.

Mo Egeston- Keyboards, Programming

GroverStewart- Drums
Ted Brookins-Bass

For bookings please contact Doug Hall at Talent Plus. 314. 421.9400

For collaborations and studio work contact Mo Egeston.  moisme<at>sbcglobal<dot>net
 moegeston.com