The People's Key

The People’s Key is an organ jazz ensemble designed to connect the jazz vernacular with a modernized songbook. The People’s Key performs material from popular artists, genres, songs, and themes of recent times to engage in the maximum connection possible with their audience participants. Artists covered include: The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Green Day, Radiohead, Nirvana, Queen, Jay-Z and so much more! Debuting in 2013, the group has had the opportunity to open for national acts such as The Jeff Coffin Mu’tet and Fareed Haque’s Math Games. In 2014 the band was nominated for an award in the jazz category by The River Front Times. The People’s Key released their first full-length album in partnership with DJ Nune is Lamar Harris in July ‘14. “The Shawn Carter Jazz Suite” is a compilation and organ jazz interpretation of iconic pop star/rapper Jay-Z’s music.

Playing at Jazz At The Bistro Oct. 12th and 13th. Tickets on sale August 10. www.jazzstl.org

"In these great times we live in today, we as a collective whole have the opportunity to access more styles of music than we ever have been able to at any other time/space in Earth's epic history. Music is a personal journey/experience and each person holds a unique perspective of what good music might sound like. It is the vision of The People's Key to conceptualize the timeless art form that is jazz music in a way that the average listener can relate to by playing a wide variety of popular songs/styles from modern times in a jazz format that invites the listener to actively listen and participate."
-The People's Key
Ryan Marquez-Organ/Keys/BassKeys
Matt Rowland-Guitar
Charlie Cerpa-Saxophones
Mike Murano-Drums
Chrissy Renick-Vocals