
The Meraki Trio
Ft. Mino Cinelu (percussion, vocals, and guitar), Steve Gorn (bansuri flutes, clarinet, and soprano sax), Scott Petito (bass, guitars, and electronic manipulations)
The Meraki Trio is a new collaboration between renowned genre-bending musicians Scott Petito, Mino Cinelu, and Steve Gorn. Together, they take listeners on a journey through ancient and modern music that is meditative yet buoyant, experimental yet familiar—combining trance, world beat, jazz, and folk traditions.
Mino Cinelu:
Mino has performed with a who's who of international jazz, world, and pop stars since the late ’70s, including Miles Davis, Sting, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel, Stevie Wonder, Lou Reed, Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Vicente Amigo, Dizzy Gillespie, Pat Metheny, Branford Marsalis, Pino Daniele, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Salif Keita. He draws on a legacy of sound and space that informs his work while staying current and modern.
Scott Petito:
Scott is an award-winning composer, producer, and engineer. A gifted bassist and multi-instrumentalist, he has performed on hundreds of recordings in many musical styles. He has become particularly well known for his work in the folk and jazz genres, collaborating with musicians such as James Taylor, Pete Seeger, The Band, Keith Richards, Jack DeJohnette, Dave Holland, Michael Franks, John Scofield, Dave Brubeck, and many more. His solo recordings Rainbow Gravity and Many Worlds have been called contemporary jazz masterpieces. Scott is also a sought-after producer and engineer, working with artists around the world.
Steve Gorn:
A Grammy winner and five-time Grammy nominee, Steve Gorn is creating a new idiom that combines the essence of classical Indian tradition with a contemporary world-music sensibility. The strength of his music arises from virtuoso mastery, generating a vibrant fusion that is alive and accessible to Western ears. From Indian classical music to world-music and jazz collaborations with Paul Simon, Jack DeJohnette, Paul Winter, and others, Steve infuses technical brilliance with a haunting, lyrical sweetness—bringing the healing breath of the sacred into our demanding contemporary lives.
