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Post-My Morning Jacket / Steely Dan
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John Scofield show:
JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY
w/ Josh Roseman, Isaac, Wizards Of
The Coast, Relative Function |
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Friday June 20th
JFJO Starts @ 12am |
$12adv - $15dos
Buy Tix |
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Jacob Fred
Jazz Odyssey
Official
Website
Myspace
Youtube
JFJO
is
pianist
Brian
Haas,
drummer
Josh
Raymer,
and
bassist/effects
wizard/guitarist
Reed
Mathis.
To
say
that
JFJO's
music
transcends
boundaries
and
expands
minds
is
an
understatement.
Since
1994,
JFJO
has
brought
their
impressionistic
and
improvisational
vision
from
the
Midwest's
Bible-Belt
to
many
of
the
world's
finest
music
festivals
and
clubs.
Music
listeners
are
blown
away
by
JFJO's
instrumental
creativity,
musical
risk,
and
near
telepathy
on
stage.
In
the
past
18
months,
JFJO
has
travelled
to
Europe
three
times
for
two
dozen
performances
and
have
played
at
major
jazz
festivals
all
over
the
world.
In
2007
JFJO
is
working
on
their
fourteenth
album,
their
fourth
with
Brooklyn-based
Hyena
Records,
to
create
their
most
unique
album
yet.
The
Sameness
of
Difference
was
released
in
the
Fall
of
2005
and
recorded
in
collaboration
with
acclaimed
producer
Joel
Dorn.
A 13
track
collection
of
both
covers
and
originals,
it
is a
living,
breathing
testament
to
the
13
years
that
the
ensemble
has
spent
together.
Throughout
the
album,
the
band
explores
their
influences
and
offers
interpretations
of
music
by
The
Flaming
Lips,
Charles
Mingus,
Neil
Young,
Brian
Wilson,
Dave
Brubeck,
The
Beatles,
Bjork
and
Jimi
Hendrix.
On
JFJO's
follow-up,
Tomorrow
We'll
Know
Today,
a
digital
exclusive
collection
of
live
recordings
from
Europe
and
America,
JFJO
is
found
pushing
their
music
even
further.
Improvisations
such
as
"Nightlight"
and
"Gypsy
Tea"
create
ambient
sonic
tapestries
based
on
melody
and
sweeping
tonal
textures
that
sound
like
nothing
you
have
ever
heard.
No,
there
is
no
member
of
the
ensemble
named
Jacob
Fred.
The
group's
name
came
about
in
1994
when
JFJO
was
a
septet
and
the
name
reflects
the
sense
of
humor
in
their
approach
to
making
music.
'Jazz
Odyssey'
comes
from
the
scene
in
the
hilarious
mockumentary,
'This
is
Spinal
Tap,'
in
which
the
rock
group
loses
a
member
and
must
improvise
their
normally
rocking
performance
with
free-jazz
and
fusion.
'Jacob
Fred'
was
a
high-school
monikir
of
Brian
Haas.
Once,
when
high-schoolers
did
not
have
cell
phones
and
homes
had
just
a
single
land
line,
Jacob
Fred
was
Brian's
CB
radio
handle
and
his
nickname
when
girls'
parents
answered
the
phone
late
at
night.
The
group
also
goes
by
the
names
The
Fred
and
JFJO.
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