Brian Cogger

Thank you for everybody that supported the last few months of the Pocket Money Orchestra!  We had a great summer playing together, and were glad to be a part of the festivities at Salem Jazz and Soul 2014.  Thanks Henley, Sarah, Larry, Ryan, and all the volunteers and workers who held the weekend together.  All the music at the festival, and the afterparties with everybody sitting in with everybody else, there’s nothing like it on the North Shore.  PMO will be back this winter, keep an eye out!

Lately I’ve been at school out in Denver, keeping up with classes and playing around town with the Trevor Jones Band.  We will be gigging regularly in the next few months, I’ll keep an updated schedule!  Anybody out this way, feel free to stop by the University of Denver’s Newman Center, great jazz being played every Friday night at 5 pm by young musicians, with some really great players to be seen!

- Brian

We had a great first night back at In a Pig’s Eye, one of the few remaining television-free bars! Thanks to Brandon Tarricone for filling in on guitar. He’s a total pro and a really great guy to work with, hopefully we’ll have him on some more shows this summer.

The Pocket Money Orchestra has some recently booked shows to report…

Sunday July 22 at Chianti Jazz Lounge, 6:30-9:30 pm.
Friday July 4 at the Salem Independence Day Celebration, 5-6:30 pm.

Aidan will be back on keys for these shows, come see the band with its original lineup! We’ve got a busy summer planned, come catch the band soon when we’re in your neighborhood.

Hey everybody,

I’m just now wrapping up my first year as a student in Denver, having met some great players, teachers, and friends.  It’s a great city for music, with a lot of groups to see and plenty of venues to host them.  Thanks especially to Bowman, Derek, Jack, Wilson, Jackson, Al, Randy, and Kira.  It’s been great playing with and learning from you guys!

On June 4 I’ll be back home, and I’ve been waiting to get back to playing with the hometown bands.  Here are some upcoming shows for the month of June…

June 6 at Penuche’s in Hanover, NH with The Romano Project
June 12 at In a Pig’s Eye in Salem, MA with The Pocket Money Orchestra
June 22 at Ziontific Solstice Festival in Stockbridge, VT with The Romano Project
June 27 at The Music and Color Festival in Hebron, ME with The Romano Project

Also, the Pocket Change Quartet has established a weekly residency at The Village Tavern on the Salem Pedestrian Mall.  We play every Sunday from 1-4 pm on the patio outside, featuring a rotating cast of horns and rhythm section members to keep things fresh!

Looking forward to being back in town!

- Brian

Both The Pocket Money Orchestra and The Romano Project have had a month of great shows, including one more last minute stop at Chianti on Thursday Jan. 9 (Thanks Rich!)  I’ll be at school in Colorado until June, but I’m looking forward to coming back East and working with both bands again, thanks for the support over the last six weeks.

One of the new touches to the site allows you to review our past performances.                 The Past Gigs page now has links next to many of the dates that will take you to                     a highlight reel of that show on Soundcloud, allowing you to hear our progress                   over the last year and a half.  Hopefully video will follow soon!

See you in June!
- Brian