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NEW CONCERT TO VIEW! Watch Amy perform with THE YOUNG BROTHERS TRIO at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Requires Real Player):
AMY SHOOK with THE YOUNG BROTHERS TRIO Live at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Feb. 1, 2008
The FAB Trio has received a FABulous review in the Jazztimes October 2007 issue!
"Together, the FAB Trio has uncommon cohesiveness and passionate positive energy. All three players write nice tunes that reflect the group's orderly, muscular mainstream approach."
"If you have a high-resolution audio system, the power and depth of Amy Shook's bass on "Just You/Just Me" will remind you why you spent all that money."
~Thomas Conrad, Jazztimes Magazine, Oct. 2007~
ANGUS DEI: To play with a divinely beefy tone.
"NEW FAB TRIO RELEASE NOW AVAILABLE! Get your copy from us at one of our shows or from CD Baby:
"The Shook/Russo Quartet featuring Greg Gisbert" is available at CD Baby:
And it's available for download at:
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Watch The FAB Trio perform at the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Requires Real Player):
THE FAB TRIO Live at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
A native of Boise, Idaho, Amy Shook started on violin at the age of nine and at the age of thirteen, taught herself to play the acoustic bass as a second instrument. She attended the University of Idaho, earning two bachelor's degrees, one in violin performance and one in music composition, as well as a master's degree in violin performance, at the university's Lionel Hampton School of Music. Every year, the university hosted the world-renowned Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, which provided her with a priceless jazz education through hearing the greatest musicians in the world perform, as well as getting the opportunity to perform with many of them in festival concerts and clinics, and in the "Jazz In The Schools" outreach program funded by the festival. Amy won first place in the college division bass soloist competition at the festival two years running, and in 1999 she won the college division Outstanding Overall Jazz Soloist out of all the instrumentalists competing. While at the University of Idaho, Amy was the bassist in the jazz quintet, Crosscurrent, comprised of faculty members from the University of Idaho and Washington State University, performing a variety of jazz standards and original compositions by it's members. She was also the bassist in the Spokane Jazz Orchestra, in Spokane, Washington. After graduating, Amy and her husband, saxophonist Pat Shook, were invited to perform on cruise ships, later leading and co-leading a variety of ensembles, most notably their own jazz trio, and eventually, quartet, providing them with the perfect vehicle for composing their own music and having it performed regularly.
In 2003, Amy moved to the east coast with her husband when he won the lead tenor saxophone chair in the U.S. Army Jazz Ambassadors, and has since become one of the most in-demand upright bassists in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C. area, coveted for her huge sound and infectious, driving groove. She is an incredibly versatile musician who enjoys playing jazz standards as well as new music by her local colleagues. She is also an accomplished composer, and her personality truly comes through in her writing. She has received national recognition in reviews for her performance on the album "Uncertain Path" by the Rob Levit Trio, an exciting trio she performs regularly in, with guitarist/leader Rob Levit, and drummer Frank Russo. As a result, she was featured in Bassics magazine on their CD Sampler published with the magazine.
Along with being a member of the Rob Levit Trio, Amy co-leads her own quartet with drummer Frank Russo, and her husband, Pat. Their first album, "The Shook/Russo Quartet featuring Greg Gisbert" was released on Summit Records in July, and it features all original compositions by Amy, Pat, and the group's pianist, Tim Young. Amy and Frank also co-lead the FAB Trio with jazz pianist extraordinaire, Bob Butta, and the trio's first album debuting new music by both Amy and Bob was released in July of 2007 on Summit records. The Shook/Russo quartet recently recorded a second CD featuring Greg Gisbert and all new music by Amy and Pat, and is due for release on Summit Records later this year. Recently, Amy collaborated with singer/songwriter Felicia Carter, writing music and lyrics for a television documentary on the B&O Railroad, scheduled to air on WETA (DC) in early 2008.
Amy has performed at such venues as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Strathmore Mansion, Blues Alley, and Twins Jazz Club, and many festivals such as the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and the East Coast Jazz Festival, and has shared the stage with such notables as Lionel Hampton, Maureen McGovern, Monica Mancini, Dee Daniels, Lanny Morgan, Jane Jarvis, Claudio Roditi, Al Grey, Bill Watrous, John Stowell, Greg Gisbert, Ingrid Jensen, Ethel Ennis, Slide Hampton, Paquito d'Rivera, Ali Ryerson, Bill McHenry, Jim Snidero, Frank Lacy, Chuck Redd, and Dave Ballou to name a few. Amy's bass, "L'Oscuro" (The Darker), is made by Luciano Golia of Torino, Italy.
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