Jazz at One: Mike LeDonne

Mike LeDonne, who grew up playing the Hammond B3 in his parents’ Connecticut music store, is the first performer to marry a gospel choir with a jazz organ inside St. Paul’s Chapel. The musician whom the legendary Oscar Peterson called one of his favorite pianists began booking gigs when he was 10, eventually playing with such icons as Benny Goodman and Sonny Rollins. By 2000, he’d formed his own organ band, The Groover Quartet. In 2023, LeDonne added a gospel choir to the mix on his latest CD, Wonderful!   

Trinity presents Jazz at One in collaboration with JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, to showcase some of the most prolific and influential artists in music history.