Review: DIL Organ Trio - Hammonday (A.MA Records)

I've always been a fan of a jazz organ trio that's based around the iconic Hammond, so when you've got a whole album by DIL Organ Trio called 'Hammonday', I'm as  excited as getting a free ticket on the Oblivion Express!

Whilst I haven't I asked Brian Auger (he of 60s post-Mod Supergroup Oblivion Express - see review HERE) if knows of The DIL Organ trio, these guys are part of the Serbian Wave of jazz artists who have recorded this album in Belgrade that is a 'love letter' to 60s Mod-Jazz/Hard Bop with the Hammonad organ at the heart of it.

Dusan Petrovic (guitar), Irina Pavlovic (the Serbian Shirley Scott, 'Queen of the Organ') and Luka Jovicic (drums) who appeared on Irina Pavlović's album, 'The Soulful Heritage' (see review HERE): see where they get DIL from? (Ed. hint, Joy Spheres Rees - see review HERE)

So you can imagine Irina's move from piano to Hammond C3 on these 9 tracks is immersed in pumpin' soul-jazz that tributes Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and more with a big Balkan trip with the spirit of 'Indian Rope Man'.

A variant is when the trio is joined by Corey Wilcox on trombone on 'Lights Off (Alt. Take)' and Irina's vocals on 'Balkan'.

Somewhat different to the label's last releases, bass clarinetist Matteo Pastorino's, 'Lightside' (see review HERE) and Miloš Čolović's 'To The Beat of My Footsteps' (see review HERE), 

Artist: DIL Organ Trio

Title: Hammonday

Release date: 2nd May, 2025

Label : A.MA Records

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Format: CD / Digital / Bandcamp (Pre-Order on Bandcamp, Friday, 25th March)