LES PAUL BIRTHDAY WEEK CELEBRATION: ROBBEN FORD with OZ NOY ORGAN TRIO with Brian Charette and Shawn Pelton

Robben Lee Ford is an American blues, jazz, and rock guitarist. He was a member of the L.A. Express and Yellowjackets and has collaborated with Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, George Harrison, Larry Carlton, Rick Springfield, Little Feat, Jimmy Witherspoon, and Kiss.

Oz Noy is an Israeli-born guitarist and composer who has made New York City his base since the 1990s, moving between jazz, rock, blues, and funk with a fusion player’s instincts. A regular presence at Iridium, he leads projects like the Oz Noy Trio and the Oz Noy Organ Trio, and has shared bills there with artists including Wayne Krantz, Robben Ford, Brian Charette, and Shawn Pelton, alongside appearances tied to Les Paul celebrations.

Oz Noy Organ Trio is a guitar-led group heard in New York City rooms like the Iridium, where the band has appeared during Les Paul Birthday Week events. The trio centers on Oz Noy with Hammond organist Brian Charette, a DownBeat Rising Star, and drummer Shawn Pelton, building sets that move between rock, pop, blues, and jazz language.

Brian Charette is an American jazz pianist, Hammond organist, and electronic music producer. He took first place in the 2014 "Downbeat Magazine Critic's Poll Rising Star: Organ" category and "Fan's Decision Jazz Award for Best Organist 2015" in Hot House Magazine.

Shawn Pelton is an American drummer and percussionist. He has recorded with a wide range of artists and has been a first call player since moving to New York in the late 1980s.

Lester William Polsfuss, known as Les Paul, was an American jazz, country, and blues guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and inventor. He was one of the pioneers of the solid-body electric guitar, and his prototype, called the Log, served as inspiration for the Gibson Les Paul.