What eventually became the JOE POLICASTRO TRIO took shape in 2010 when bassist Joe Policastro landed a 3-night a week gig at Pops For Champagne in downtown Chicago.  What many would have treated as a “background gig” quickly developed into an incubator for its members to write, arrange, and develop a collective voice in the way that only a band can over time.  Early versions of the group were successful, but it wasn’t until guitarist Dave Miller relocated back to Chicago from New York at the outset of 2015 that the group truly coalesced. While firmly rooted in jazz, the band’s open-minded, inclusive nature draws upon a wide array of musical styles and sources while still keeping the aesthetic of an acoustic trio intact. Bassist Joe Policastro, guitarist Dave Miller, and drummer Mikel Avery regularly perform throughout the United States and Canada having even performed for President Barack Obama in October of 2016.  On February 8 2019, the band released its fourth album entitled Nothing Here Belongs.The new release follows in the wake of West Side Story Suite (2013), POPS! (2016), and Screen Sounds (2017), all of which highlighted the trio’s ability to remake unlikely songs in its own raw, highly idiosyncratic fashion.  Nothing Here Belongs, by contrast, for the first time showcases the trio’s captivating body of original music (all by Policastro), while also including characteristically bold arrangements of songs by Bruce Springsteen, Talking Heads, and Santo & Johnny.