Linda Dachtyl B3 Trio

The Linda Dachtyl B3 Trio plays familiar jazz standards and creative originals from Linda and guitarist Don Hales ranging from ballads, bop, Latin to jazz rock fusion. Cary Dachtyl rounds out the trio on drums.

Members:

Linda Dachtyl – Hammond B3 Organ. Linda is a Chicken Coup/Summit Records recording artist having released recordings nationally in the jazz organ genre, “Blue Bop” (2006), “For Hep Cats” (2008), A Late One” (2015), “Waves of Change” (2024) in the progressive rock genre and the upcoming jazz organ release “Full Steam Ahead” (July 2025). Chicken Coup Records is owned by international B3 organist Tony Monaco. She is a Hammond Organ USA artist, endorsing the digital Hammond XK3-C console organ, also plays drums and has played extensively in the local hard rock and jazz circles currently with the popular central Ohio band RoxyJanes. Active as a music educator, Linda has released two jazz organ instructional DVDs through Tony Monaco’s keyboard education division and taught at Ohio Wesleyan University and Kenyon College.

Don Hales – Guitar. Guitarist/composer Don Hales is one of those jazz musicians almost too good to be true and is no stranger to Columbus jazz audiences. Hales grew up in a Toledo neighborhood where he was exposed to a wide variety of ethnic and regional music. He taught himself to play guitar and was tutored by Rusty Bryant while playing in his band with jazz vocalist Nancy Wilson. Hales went on to tour with the saxophone great Eddie Harris and organist Bill Doggett of “Honky Tonk” fame. Locally, he played for many years at Monaco’s Palace with Tony Monaco.  Don released “Unified String Theory” on Chicken Coup/Summit Records featuring Tony Monaco which received national airplay. Don is also sought out as an instructor on guitar and theory having taught at Capital University and currently teaches privately.

Cary Dachtyl – Drums. Cary is percussion instructor and director of Percussion Ensembles at Kenyon College and Mount Vernon Nazarene University. Cary is also owner and editor of Per-Mus Publications, a publishing company specializing in music for percussion. He also owns and operates Pterodactyl Productions, a Columbus recording studio where he records and mixes all types of projects. In addition to playing with Linda, he currently plays drums for Al Smythe’s “Free Beer and Chicken Coalition” and timpani and percussion for the Saint Joseph Cathedral Brass and the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra.

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