Les Paul Birthday Week Celebration New York Performances

At the Iridium, the Les Paul Birthday Week Celebration continues with guitarist Robben Ford joining the Oz Noy Organ Trio, with Brian Charette on Hammond organ and Shawn Pelton on drums, alongside Oz Noy. Ford’s long, cross-genre career includes high-profile work with Miles Davis and Joni Mitchell, grounding the set in a lineage that moves between blues, jazz, and rock. Charette’s DownBeat Rising Star recognition signals the contemporary organ tradition at play. The pairing sketches a living map of New York’s club-bred improvisation culture, where rock vocabulary is treated as material rather than costume.