Toby Arrives Explained

Toby Arrives
Type:studio
Artist:Koch Marshall Trio
Cover:Toby_Arrives_Album_Cover.jpg
Border:yes
Recorded:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Studio:Makin' Sausage Music & Murphy's Idle Hours Cafe
Genre:Soul, gospel, blues, funk
Length:50:08
Label:Mascot Label Group
Producer:Steve Hamilton & Chris Hanson

Toby arrives is the debut studio album by American instrumental band Koch Marshall Trio. Released on February 23, 2018, the album has received praise from many reviewers.

Background

The "Toby Arrives" album title is in reference to the Hammond organ player Toby Lee Marshall. Dylan Koch insisted that Greg Koch play with Marshall. The three musicians got together to play at a local studio that had a B3 organ. During their very first time performing together, the three of them wrote the title track to Toby Arrives.[1] [2]

Release and reception

The album Toby Arrives is entirely instrumental. Both Greg Koch and Marshall have each spent the majority of their careers playing instrumental songs.[3]

The Koch Marshall Trio's debut album Toby Arrives contains songs that, "morph into an amazing new relationship with organ influenced Blues Rock."[4]

The first studio album by the Koch Marshall Trio has received high praise. Pendragon's review of the album borders on hyperbole: "‘Toby Arrives’ is the sort of album you could stack alongside a Thelonious Monk record, a Jeff Beck record or a Mike Landau record. If you went for one of the other three and got this by mistake your day wouldn't be ruined."[5]

Scope Magazine's R.M. Engleman praised the mix of classic and non-traditional styles, saying "Greg’s playing is a little jazzy, a little funky, and the riffs are untraditionally cool...A lot of little nuances here with both the B3 and guitar.[6]

Track listing

Personnel

Koch Marshall Trio

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BONNIE NORTH . & KATI KOKAL . The Koch Marshall Trio: Organ Fueled Grooves of Doom . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180912054614/http://www.wuwm.com/post/koch-marshall-trio-organ-fueled-grooves-doom#stream/0 . September 12, 2018 . wuwm . September 11, 2018.
  2. Web site: Nash . JD . Koch Marshall Trio Debut Launches New Mascot Imprint . American Blues Scene . March 23, 2018 . September 28, 2018 . September 12, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180912204718/https://www.americanbluesscene.com/koch-marshall-trio-debut-launches-new-mascot-imprint/ . live .
  3. Web site: Nash . JD . Koch Marshall Trio Debut Launches New Mascot Imprint . American Blues Scene . March 23, 2018 . September 28, 2018 . September 12, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180912204718/https://www.americanbluesscene.com/koch-marshall-trio-debut-launches-new-mascot-imprint/ . live .
  4. Web site: Whealy . Lisa . KOCH MARSHALL TRIO – TOBY ARRIVES (ALBUM REVIEW) . Cryptic Rock . February 23, 2018 . September 11, 2018 . September 12, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180912022040/https://crypticrock.com/koch-marshall-trio-toby-arrives-album-review/ . live .
  5. Web site: Pendragon . Toby Arrives Launching Koch Marshall Trio . Bluesdoodles . September 12, 2018 . September 12, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180912165710/http://bluesdoodles.com/cd-review/toby-arrives-launching-koch-marshall-trio/ . live .
  6. Web site: Engelman . R.M. . KOCH MARSHALL TRIO – 'TOBY ARRIVES' . Scope Mag . March 18, 2018 . Scope Entertainment . September 13, 2018 . April 17, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220417145838/https://skopemag.com/2018/03/18/koch-marshall-trio-toby-arrives . live .

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