RESPECT. Interview: Delvon Lamarr Talks “I Told You So” Album, Playing Multiple Instruments, Learning Jazz At Young Age + More

Seattle-based soul-jazz groove-machine Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio released their sophomore studio album I Told You So via Colemine Records. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio conjures the smoky 1960s jazz stylings of Jimmy Smith and Baby Face Willette, and the snappy soul strut of Booker T. & The M.G.’s, The Meters, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Charles Earland. Within DLO3’s distinct jazz stew, are also dashes of Motown, Stax Records, blues, and cosmic Jimi Hendrix-style guitar. It’s an aesthetic that only these three could muster, as these are the sounds and vibes imprinted in the trio’s DNA. Bandleader Delvon Lamarr is a self-taught virtuosic musician with perfect pitch who taught himself jazz and has effortlessly been able to play a multitude of instruments. On guitar is the dynamo Jimmy James who eases through Steve Cropper-style chanking guitar, volcanic acid-rock freak-out lead playing, and slinky Grant Green-style jazz. From Reno, Nevada is drummer Dan Weiss (also of the powerhouse soul and funk collective The Sextones). Dan’s smoldering pocket-groove drumming locks in the trio’s explosive chemistry.

Listen to the album here: https://ffm.to/clmn12028

I Told You So follows the trio’s 2018 debut album Close But No Cigar which nabbed the Billboard ranks of #1 Contemporary Jazz and #3 Jazz Album. DLO3’s live album Live at KEXP! hit #10 Jazz Album and #20 Heatseekers Album on the Billboard charts.

I Told You So tracklist:

1. Hole In One

2. Call Your Mom

3. Girly Face

4. From The Streets

5. Fo Sho

6. Aces

7. Careless Whisper

8. Right Place, Right Time

9. I Don’t Know

We got a chance to speak with Delvon Lamarr to talk sophomore album “I Told You So”, Favorite tracks off album, musical inspirations, goals for 2021, playing multiple instruments, dream collaboration + much more.

“I Told You So” Creative Process.

Favorite Tracks Off Album.

Teaching Himself Jazz at a young age.

Musical Inspirations Growing Up.

Dream Collaboration.

Playing Multiple Instruments & an instrument he would like to learn how to play.

Achieving the #1 Contemporary Album & #3 on the Jazz Charts with previous album.

Goals for 2021.

What RESPECT. Means to Him.

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