Organ trio

Organ trio with Shinichi Otsu, Chris Rivelli, and Mike Williams

Shinichi Otsu (keyboard) has toured throughout the U.S. and Canada with a Grammy and W.C. Handy Award nominated artist, Greg Piccolo. Opened for Robert Cray, Dr. John, The Sun Ra Arkestra and Al Martino. Other performances with Jay Geils, Jaimoe, Sam Butera’s The Wildest, Marty Allen, Jean Carne, Jody Williams, Jerry Portnoy, Joe Beard and Michelle Willson. He teaches piano and Hammond organ at Berklee College of Music.

Drummer Chris Rivelli has toured with numerous top blues artists including Roomful of Blues, Kim Wilson, Duke Robillard, Lurrie Bell, Curtis Salgado, John Nemeth, Nick Moss and Janiva Magness. He is a percussion and ensemble teacher at both Boston Arts Academy and The Berklee College of Music City Music Program. He along with his wife Molly Jo are owners of MJ’s Music School in Waltham.

Mike Williams (guitar) is a long-time Waltham resident. He has recorded and performed with the Grammy-winning James Cotton Blues Band, an other artists such as David “Fathead” Newman, David Maxwell, Bruce Katz, Toni Lynn Washington, Michelle Willson, Commander Cody, and others. Williams is a long-time professor at Berklee College of Music, where he specializes in teaching a mix of blues and jazz styles.