Linda Dachtyl

Linda Dachtyl- Hammond B3 organ

Linda is a performer, composer, and former music instructor at Kenyon College. Her playing experience includes jazz, blues, rock, and classical music genres.

She holds a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Performance from Capital University and a Master of Arts in Percussion Pedagogy from The Ohio State University.

In addition to her B3 quartet, she is also the leader of the “QED” jazz piano trio that works frequently in the central Ohio area.

Linda will also take calls for B3, piano, keyboard, and drumset work in jazz, blues, and rock genres on a substitute basis.

Some other artists and organizations she has performed with include:

Blue Lou Marini
Trudy Pitts
Gloria Coleman
Nancy Wright
Gene Walker
Sean Carney
Teeny Tucker
Willie Pooch
Soul Satyr
The Harry James Orchestra
The Benny Goodman Big Band
Honk, Wail, and Moan
Vaughn Wiester’s Famous Jazz Orchestra
The Rick Brunetto Big Band
Opera Columbus Orchestra
Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra
Columbus Light Opera
Wells Hills Orchestra
Pro Musica

Sit ins with: Tony Monaco, Bobby Floyd, Gene Ludwig, Lincoln Berry, Hank Marr.

Linda is in demand as a session artist on B3, piano, synth, or drums.

Discography:

As a leader: "A Late One" (Chicken Coup Records) 2015 Hammond B3 organ, drums ("Topsy-a Tribute to Cozy Cole")

"For Hep Cats" (Chicken Coup Records) 2008 Hammond B3 organ

"Blue Bop" (Chicken Coup Records) 2006 Hammond B3 organ

As a sideman: TEENY TUCKER: "Keep the Blues Alive" (2010), "Voodoo to You" (2013), "Put on Your Red Dress, Baby" (2018) Hammond B3, grand piano

SOUL SATYR: "No Slackin'!" (2007), "Everything Looks Different at 4 A.M." (2010) Hammond B3, grand piano, Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos

ELISA NICOLAS: "Compass and a Pen" (2007) Hammond B3, grand piano

SEAN CARNEY BAND: "Life of Ease" (2006) Hammond B3

AL SMYTH: "Comfort Me" (2006) Synthesizer

THE WALT JAMES BAND: "Arrival" (2003) Drums, synthesizer

"Amethyst Dreams" (2001) Synthesizer and percussion

Awards

Cary and Linda received the "Listen for the Jazz" award in 2006 at the Hot Times in Olde Town East Festival.

Hammond-Suzuki endorsee

Gear

Hammond B3 or A100 paired with Leslie 122 or 760

Various state of the art digital keyboards:
Hammond XK3-C, Kurzweil, Yamaha, etc.. on synths.
Analog keys: Rhodes, Wurly, Moog, ARP
DW drums for rock
Premier drums for jazz

Linda Dachtyl: A Late One

Read "A Late One" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 29, 2015

Organist/drummer Linda Dachtyl, by virtue of her percussion-keys intersection, makes a fitting and insightful interpreter of the jazz organ repertoire. She displayed considerable command of this on her recording, For Hep Cats (Summit, 2008). On the present A Late One, Dachtyl steps out of the organ grinder box to expand her pedal palette in to areas less greasy than Jimmy Smith and more user-friendly than Larry Young. Dachtyl opts for a larger band on this recording, taking ...

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Album Review

Linda Dachtyl: For Hep Cats

Read "For Hep Cats" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 24, 2008

Linda Dauwalder-Dachtyl was introduced to organ jazz community by Tony Monaco with her LDB3 and Friends (Chicken Coop, 2006), a durable and well-received debut. Dachtyl is back with a blues-infused collection that samples Ray Charles, Howlin' Wolf, and Thelonious Monk.

Dachtyl's core trio includes guitarist Robert Kraut (also associated with Monaco) and husband/drummer Cary Dachtyl. When Cary is out, Jim Rupp takes care of the percussion chores. On board for this recording also is tenor saxophonist Gene Walker, who achieves ...

C. Michael Bailey of AAJ:

"Dachtyl has a facile gift when it comes to digging deep in a genre and revealing something new"

"Dachtyl infuses her performance with plenty of testosterone muscle without the hard corners. She swings hard. Her drive is buoyed and propelled by drummers Jim Rupp and Cary Dachtyl, who keep the festivities moving, fast or slow."

Fritz the Night Owl:

"The “LD” in LDB3 stands for Linda Dachtyl who continues the burnin’ B3 Columbus traditions set by Hank Marr, Don Patterson, and Tony Monaco (who produced the session on his newly formed Chicken Coup label)."

C. Michael Bailey of AAJ:

"Dachtyl has a facile gift when it comes to digging deep in a genre and revealing something new"

Fritz the Night Owl:

"On this debut CD, Linda and her compadres touch all the bases in the B3 bandbook: blues, ballads, bop, a bit of funk and Monk, a dash of Latin and some dreamy romance."

Jazziz:

"Linda Dachtyl is busy. The Columbus, Ohio-based adjunct instructor of both piano and percussion at Kenyon College also leads a soulful organ group, the piano jazz trio QED, and even plays drums in a rock trio (called the Walt James Band). Blue Bop (Chicken Coup Records), by LDB3 featuring Dachtyl, shows how comfortably the bluesy Hammond organ can coexist with contemporary jazz. On “Sudden Samba,” the keyboardist goes from silky accompaniment to grinding solos that blend elements of blues, R&B, and gospel."

Pete Fallico of "The Doodlin' Lounge":

"Linda Dachtyl plays some great Jazz Organ! I mean, she takes on the entire gamut of sounds and styles in the genre and some where along the way, manages to carve in her own moniker: LDB3... Oh, and let’s not forget her ‘Friends’ who come along for this most adventurous ride.

This debut recording on the new Chicken Coup label is truly a welcome entry into the Wild World of Jazz Organ. For you newcomers to this kind of music, please be warned that you won’t stop here! What Linda has started for you in this collection of personal favorites is only going to make you want more! At least you can say that you were baptized into Jazz Organ in grand fashion.

Linda takes us past the benches of those jazz organists who have influenced her through the years as well as those who have rocked her soul and put blues in her heart. Her sound is refreshing yet ‘old school’. It can be silky one moment and ferocious the next. One thing for sure, she gets right down to the nitty gritty from the first note on... and seems to know just which licks work best for each of these rhythmically charged pieces.

Words and phrases were bubbling up in my mind as I listened to each of these Jazz Organ Gems. It was as if a Jazz Organ glossary was compiling in my head as I heard each musical phrase and felt each down-home beat. See if this doesn’t happen to you."

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Primary Instrument

Organ, Hammond B3

Location

Columbus

Willing to teach

Advanced only

Credentials/Background

Kenyon College, adjunct instructor in jazz piano and percussion. 2002-2014
Ohio Wesleyan University, adjunct instructor in percussion. 1998-2003.
Ohio Wesleyan University, substitute instructor in music theory and keyboard harmony. 1998-1999.
Rates: $50 for 60 minute lessons, payable on a monthly basis.
Jazz/blues/rock studies on keyboards including improvisation, theory, and building a library of standard repertoire.
Will accept a number of intermediate-advanced students on drumset.