Brian Marsella Trio

Brian Marsella is a pianist, composer, bandleader and educator living in New Jersey. A Philadelphia na>ve, Marsella moved to New York in 1998 and has been touring and recording consistently since. Marsella has released 30 albums as a leader or co-leader.

His projects include the large ensembles iMAGiNARiUM and Gatos do Sul, the jazz quintet The Flail, the psychedelic surf-rock trio The Modulators, Archipelago X (with Ikue Mori and Sae Hashimoto) as well as two acous>c piano trios (one featuring Kenny Wollesen and Trevor Dunn and the other with Chris>an McBride and Anwar Marshall.) OUTSPOKEN: The Music of Hasaan Ibn Ali (McBride, Marshall) was chosen as a Best Album of 2018 by The New York City Jazz Record. Gatos do Sul was chosen as a best album of 2020 by Downbeat.

Brian also leads his own record label Red Palace Records, which co-released the recent duo album with Jon Irabagon, Blue Hour. In October 2024, the iMAGiNARiUM’s Medietas, a sprawling 3-hour work spanning 3 CD’s was released on John Zorn’s TZADIK label. Brian can also be heard on over 50 other albums including 33 on TZADIK.