Mo Egeston: Home
Welcome to the web home of Maurice "Mo" Egeston pianist, producer and educator from St. Louis, MO, USA. If you are here for piano lesson information please click the link. Here are some things to do while you are here.
1) Watch video. Each player below features videos from some of the bands mo performs with. Use the arrows on the right and left of the player to scroll through the selections. If you'd like to hear mo doing something (almost) classical head to the piano lessons page. (link above)
2) Listen to music. Follow the listen and mixtape links at the top of the page to listen to mo E original music and some from the artists Egeston performs with.
3) Check the schedule. Don't forget there are links to pages up top. Click here to see information on mo E's Lola Live! Sunday Brunches- A Weekly Music Series from 11-2.
4) Quick jumps. Use these for speedy access to the info below.
- The Soul Alliance featuring CocoSoul-dance band
- mo E trio- jazz, bossa, swing & groove in a trio setting
- Urban Groov Project- live deep soulful house
- Brothers Lazaroff- roots, rock and Americana
- Mowinda- violin and piano Classical Chamber Ensemble
5) Join the mailing list for updates and free downloads (current free download: Saturday) and to find out what's been happening since 2009. (From 1997- 2008 Mo Egeston led the projects Urban Jazz Naturals, Vargas Swing and mo & dawn: the remix project)
The Soul Alliance featuring CocoSoul
Have an event? Want to get down? This is the band. Dirty Lynt- drums, vocals, programming; Hollabass-bass; Mo E- keys and beats and featuring the amazing CocoSoul on vocals. Find TSA through Doug Hall with Talent Plus. 314. 421. 9400
Mo E All-Stars
The All-Star's is the band that allows mo to fully express his broad range of tastes. For the All-Star's Mo blends a live rhythm section with MIDI beats and loops. Resulting in fully organic house, drum and bass, funk and trip-hop with serious flavors of Latin, jazz and soul. mo E performs most of his original music with the All-Stars and also some with UG Project (below).
mo E trio- Soul-jazz, house, ambient, downtempo, Bossa, roots and swing. All done trio style. mo E trio debuted January 2010 at Lola. Thanks to John Evans Jr. for much of the video footage and photography on the Youtube clips below.
Urban Groov Project (UG Project) allows Mo to continue to focus on the dance floor with deep live soulful house music. Featuring DJ Nune (Lamar Harris) on horns, keys and vocals and Duane "Jingo" Williams on percussion. Also with frequent guest vocals from Mr. C Jay Conrod. www.ugproject.com.
In November of 2008 Mo added Americana to his style palette with Brothers Lazaroff
Brothers Lazaroff has been humming along since rocking showcases in 2009 at South By Southwest (Austin) and Twangfest (Austin and STL). The Brothers have also been featured on two KDHX singer songwriter showcases featuring the music of : Warren Zevon and Townes VanZandt.
Roots, rock, and Americana- great songwriting and harmony on all levels. In February 2010 work began on a new album. March 2010 the band returned to Austin for SXSW including a spot on KDHX's Twangfest Showcase at Jovita's and a Sunday show on the way out of town at Jo's Coffee. Look for the new album in the Fall of 2010.
Mowinda (Reverbnation site) is a duo featuring violinist Twinda Murry and Maurice "Mo" Egeston on piano/keyboards. Repertoire includes traditional violin/piano literature as well as chamber versions of standards and popular literature. The duo also collaborates twice a year with studio recitals at Steinway Piano Gallery.
Mo also performs occasionally with Lamar Harris and the L. Lamar AKA DJ Nune (UG Project), drummer Jason "Dirty Lynt" Moore (also with Soul Alliance) and Charles "Buddy" Quarells (bass/drums) are not to be missed.
Check back for frequent updates.
Thanks for stopping by!
Maurice "Mo" Egeston
moisme(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
Website graphic photo courtesy of Weird Girl Photographer Angela Kelly