The Abney Effect™ is a well known high-energy soulful Jazz Band based in Chicago led by me; Master Musician, Trumpeter,  and Entertainer, Mario Abney. We have a style and energy that delights audiences everywhere. Our most noteworthy performances were on Good Morning America in 2019 and 2021 as we performed my hit singles “Rollin” and “Instant Grits”. Our album “The Abney Effect Vol. 1” currently has over 40k monthly listeners on Spotify so feel free to listen. My 12 years in New Orleans gave me the ability to fuse the music and entertainment  aspects of New Orleans, Chicago Jazz, Blues, and R & B into my original compositions and performances. This created a unique lane that sets our performances apart from other Jazz bands

The Paul Abella Trio is  an instrumental ensemble led by professional box sitter, Paul Abella, and featuring guitarist Billy Denk, bassist Chris Bernhardt, and in their +1 variant, vibraphonist Preyas Roy. They fuse Pop melodies, Jazz harmonies, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban and Funk rhythms, jammy improvisations with punk ferocity.  Look past the off-kilter instrumentation and the oddball setlists, and you’ll see a band upholding a tradition of Jazz as subversive party music. Drawing inspiration from Eddie Harris, Medeski, Martin & Wood, The Bad Plus, and Lester Bowie, they sound like little else. Or, as one friend once said, "someone's going to have to invent a whole new genre just to describe you guys."