Cento Threeo is an instrumental guitar trio that lives somewhere between straight-ahead jazz and a midwestern sunset after a thunderstorm. Conversational improvisation that ebbs and flows and gives and takes.
Phil Spencer
Bass
Matt Johnson
Drums
Don Cento
Guitar
Halfway to Mellowtown is the debut album from Austin-based Cento Threeo, Jazz / Americana trio led by guitarist and composer Don Cento. Available June 19th on 12” LP vinyl, CD, digital download and streaming services.
Don Cento - guitar
Phil Spencer - bass
Norm Bergeron - drums
Produced by Don Cento
Recorded and Mixed by Stuart Sikes
Mastered by Scott Hull
Cover painting by Amanda Hope Cook
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"It’s refreshing to hear something which feels at once familiar, comfortable, and at the same time, new. It’s like a sunset drive along the beach, with the top down."
"Cinematic and bristling with the hint of impending violence, the tune would fit perfectly within the soundtrack of a Quentin Tarantino noir or Sergio Leone Western. Cento’s reverberant, razor-wire leads bite deep and are made all the more menacing by drummer Norm Bergeron’s martial patter and bassist Phil Spencer’s doomy acoustic bass, which maintain the uneasy mood throughout."
"A slowly simmering number that lopes along in easygoing yet mysterious fashion"
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