Natalie Brooke is a force to be reckoned with. She is masterful on the keyboard, having studied at Shenandoah Conservatory and played with many funk-based bands in the area and, up until the pandemic hit, she was in the house band for the monthly Gordon Sterling Presents: The People’s Jam at Pie Shop DC.
She is an outstanding player, adding lightness, foundation, or funk where warranted, and she knows how to listen carefully to pivot, dip and weave, and shine where it makes sense.
She brings an energy to a jam that makes you WANT to be in that room. Forget the conversation by the bar, the magnetic stuff is happening on stage and Natalie is exactly the kind of musician who not only collaborates well with the other players, but also with the audience.