Brian Delaney, Mike Karoub & Tom Bogardus
The Royal Garden Trio:
Brian Delaney was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan and studied classical piano at an early age. At age 12, he took up guitar and has been playing ever since. Simultaneously, he began a long study on guitar construction and repair. To the surprise and amazement of his parents, he began building and selling electric guitars at the ripe old age of 13. Brian's curiosity and love for the guitar has led him all over the world, working as a tech with various acts and playing a variety of styles of music on the instrument.
Somewhere along the way, he discovered the music of Django Reinhart and the Hot Club of France. This led to an interest in early jazz and the formation in the late '90's of the gypsy-style jazz trio, Summers, Delaney & Sharp. After SDS, Brian asked Mike Karoub and Tom Bogardus to join him in the Royal Garden Trio. Since then, his focus has been on recording and instruction as well as his own continuing study of traditional and gypsy jazz. Brian finds inspiration in the likes of guitar pioneers Eddie Lang, Carl Kress and other musicians from the dawn of jazz guitar. Brian lives in Ann Arbor with his wife, Meg and cat, Harold.
Brian plays Gypsykat amps.
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Tom Bogardus was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI. By high school, he was playing clarinet, saxophone, guitar and banjo. He then went on to Central Michigan University, where he obtained a music education degree, later adding a Masters degree from Western Michigan University. At Central he met his wife, Rose; they have been married 39 years and have two children, Holly and Jay, and 2 grandsons. Tom and his family settled in the Flint area, and there he taught music in the public school system for 30 years. He also played in various jazz bands during this time, often composing and arranging for them. Now retired, Tom spends his time gigging, writing, traveling and chasing his grandsons.
Tom is the "guts and glue" of the Royal Garden Trio, contributing a rock-solid swinging tenor rhythm guitar as well as hot clarinet choruses whenever he picks it up. He is also the arranger for the group.
Mike Karoub was born in 1963 in Dearborn, Michigan. He began playing cello at age 8. His teachers included Detroit symphony cellists Marcy Chanteaux, Mario DiFiore and Eastern Michigan universities' professor of Cello, Diane Winder. Mike took up string bass in 7th grade and began playing professional engagements on both instruments shortly thereafter.
Mike attended Wayne State University and Eastern Michigan University. He then toured as bassist for Grammy nominated James Dapogny's Chicago jazz Band, Banu Gibson's New Orleans Hot Jazz, recording several albums, with appearances at the Smithsonian, the Kennedy Center, Hollywood Bowl and Garrison Keillor's "A Prarie Home Companion". He has also has been a guest with the St. Louis and Atlanta Symphonies. On cello, Mike has performed with several Detroit area orchestras and as a soloist, playing jazz arrangements for cello and orchestra with the Livonia Symphony.
Currently, Mike plays cello, teaching several private students and does orchestral and chamber work. He is often employed as a string clinician and conductor, in addition to being featured soloist in the Royal Garden Trio.
Mike Karoub uses a P and H London cello bow.
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The First Recording 2003
The Second Recording 2005
